Chip design engineers should have a single knowledge of RTL, circuits, silicon, heat, cost, performance, durability and software, as well as a variety of knowledge, and have the strength to consider these aspects comprehensively. Specifically, it includes: (1) specific computing processors such as Gpus; (2) Heterogeneous parallelization of hardware; (3) The ability to recover after hardware and software failures; (4) effective cooling methods; (5) Algorithms, tools, simulation methods and simulations; (6) Reduce cost and shorten TAT (time to market).
First of all, you need to have a certain circuit foundation, know the basic circuit structure, such as common logic gate circuit, differential circuit, feedback circuit, bias circuit, current static, resistance, capacitance and inductance, and have a certain English foundation, because the tools in the rule document of layout design are all in English, at least you must be able to understand them. Secondly, you need time to get familiar with the use of tools. The layout of the map, the connection, these are the accumulation of long time experience.
If the novice can have the opportunity to do some sand table projects, or into the project team to find someone to take, will progress quickly