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Ugadi Rasi Phala for VLSI folks

  ๐Ÿช Silicon Rasi Phalalu 2026 ๐Ÿช (Purely fictional… just like our schedules ๐Ÿ˜„) ๐Ÿ› ️   PD Engineers (Saturn - Adhidevatha) Saturn in own house (Kumbha) ๐Ÿช Lot of work, lot of pressure Results ∝ Hard work Savings good (no time to spend ๐Ÿ˜…) Income always less than expected Work-life balance: ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚ Role: lol | Responsibilities: many Insults: high | Recognition: delayed but good Mercury strong → jugaad solutions, tapeouts will happen ๐Ÿ’ก Venus strong → you’ll still somehow enjoy the grind ๐Ÿ‘‰ Remedy: Do some actual runs along with daily runs ๐Ÿƒ‍♂️ ๐Ÿ’ป   RTL Engineers (Jupiter - Adhidevatha) Jupiter moving to Mesha ๐Ÿ”ฅ New designs (not just incremental updates) Learn new protocols → great roles ๐Ÿš€ Jupiter + Rahu till Nov → miss things now, fix later ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Income ↑ Expenses ↑ Respect & recognition high Work-life balance: lol ๐Ÿ‘‰ Remedy: Be nice to PD folks… give clean RTL ๐Ÿ™ ๐Ÿงช   Verification Engineers (Mars - Adhidevatha) ...

Who Am I?

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  There are high chances that you may have forgotten that tomorrow is the day…tomorrow is Monday..:the Monday which ends your long leave and vacation…after returning back to home..:sleeping all day except for lunch and waking up in the evening, if you feel like coming out of coma and don’t know where u r…then it means you have office tomorrow…your leave ends tomorrow…check the calendar and send a test mail to yourself and check the auto message… In case your office mail is not setup on your phone and your laptop password is forgotten and you even forgot which company you work for…check your sms on who sent you the salary the latest…check your personal mail for the latest offer letter that and joining letter…search for your id card…most probably it would have been swallowed by the sofa…check for your company’s address on gmap and keep it ready…check your LinkedIn profile to confirm the company and what ur role is…and what ur skill sets are. Most probably the LinkedIn profile may not...

Murphee ka bhai...

The traffic signal turns red just before u The movie ticket counter says sold out just when u keep your hand in the counter Forget change in the bus and only cash is accepted Spelling mistakes in the important certificates Passport guys ask for more documents only to u Neither get bowling or batting when play cricket  Go back to checkin counter after security is done  Out of 30 vehicles, you will be stopped by the traffic police how many of you faced things like these…may be many of us in a few of these…but there is one person who has the max of these and many more we cannot even imagine... When Vamsi the DFT says 99.99% coverage, there is still that 0.01% that is left out…When even very close to the tapeout PD fellas leave 1-2Weeks as a buffer… even when running 100s of pvt corners in sta, we still leave some uncertainty…even when we quantify what all components constitue the uncertainty, there is still some real uncertainty we add to the uncertainty…there is always one block...

Ear-End Musings for PD fellas

  Dear PD fellas, a) in PD, 1here will be lots of pressure. We handle it normally but dont take stress. keep a sensor out there and the moment it is crossing a stress threshold, reduce the voltage and take it easy.  b) Always enjoy your work. Most of the work will be routine and needed but I am sure all of u like PD and enjoy it. Take a break when it gets overwhelmed. there will be incessant things that keep coming from all the PVT corners. just inform that u will get back or u need time or just take time to respond is all fine. Hold it..hold time is ur best weapon..  c) manage your breaks, off times, as per your timelines and way of work. If any meetings r not convenient, inform ahead.  Health  is priority. Make sure there is an architectural clock gating for all work with enable directly coming from the health. d) always keep a secondary owner for things that you drive. so, help each other out and cover for each other. Like the Gladiators team up in the arena....

Satphilosphy

 What we r seen outside is our abstract view; with pins to connect to, where can be routed and where not. What we r inside is deep, detailed layers with more accurate timing. But eventually the signoff timing, equivalence, lvs should all match Whether it’s a 2ghz or a 200mhz design, they hv their own set of vios to fix. Wr it’s a billionaire or a commoner, they hv their own worries The tapeout date is the day when the tapeout actually happens. Not a day before and not a day after - satyase, since 1999 Any issue that goes off without actually fixing it will come back in the most critical and least expected stage  ~satyase The probability of the release getting postponed and postponed and postponed and falling on the exact date of long planned travel date is just 1ps less than 100%. ~satyase All humans and PD Engineers have certain amount of luck for life. While others utilize it for better things in life, the PD folks use it but by bit for Drc fixes, timing fixes, better weekly...

Audio Video in Ash

 Chash was our college topper. Our college itself had the best rankers and many of them themselves big thopus (for high iq fellas) but everyone was unanimous that Chash is above the higher threshold. he is now a professor at iisc but we always knew and he behaved like one even in the college. Howard landman was brought in as a PD manager when in house it was getting difficult to manage us. Soon we realised pd was just one of the many, many things he is an expert on. At 65+ now he still submits new papers on a variety of topics whose titles I don’t understand. Very recently met two other such friends ; one of them I call stg (tg stands for the great) and they belong to that voltage domain too. Our own Avi fits right in that high threshold category and it is always a pleasure to listen to him talk everything in everything with a deep nwell depth…ash is supposed to represent nothingness but he finds Audio Video in Ash too…happy birthday my friend…have a great year ahead ๐Ÿ™‚

เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•เดธ്เดคเตผ เด•ാเดฐเดฃเดœเดจ്เดฎിเด•เตพ

  Here is the Malayalam translation of your Telugu text, keeping the same humorous tone and flow: เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•เดธ്เดคเตผ เด•ാเดฐเดฃเดœเดจ്เดฎിเด•เตพ December 16, 2024 เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•ം เดชുเดฐാเดคเดจเด•ാเดฒം เดฎുเดคเตฝ เด‰เดฃ്เดŸാเดฏിเดฐുเดจ്เดจ เด’เดจ്เดจാเดฃ്. เดกൈเดจോเดธเดฑുเด•เตพ เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•ം เดตിเดŸ്เดŸുเด•ൊเดŸുเด•്เด•ാเดคിเดฐുเดจ്เดจเดคിเดจാเตฝ เดคเดจ്เดจെเดฏാเดฃ് เด‡เดฒ്เดฒാเดคാเดฏเดคെเดจ്เดจ് เดจ്เดฏൂเดธിเดฒเตปเดกിเดฒെ เดถാเดธ്เดค്เดฐเดœ്เดžเดฏാเดฏ เดฌിเดญാ เดจുเดช്เดฐ เดธാเดงു เดจിเดฐเดตเดงി เด—เดตേเดทเดฃเด™്เด™เตพ เดจเดŸเดค്เดคി เดชเดฑเดž്เดžു. เดŽเดช്เดชോเดดും เดง്เดฏാเดจเดค്เดคിเตฝ เดฒเดฏിเดš്เดšിเดฐിเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจ เด† เดธเดฆാเดถിเดตเดจ്เดฑെ เดคേเดœเดธ്เดธിเดฒെ เดชเดฐเดฎാเดจเดจ്เดฆเดค്เดคിเดจ്เดฑെ เดญാเด—ം เดคเดจ്เดจെเดฏാเดฃ് เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•ം เดŽเดจ്เดจ് เดช്เดฐเดถเดธ്เดค เดช്เดฐเดญാเดทเด•เดจും เดคเดค്เดตเดšിเดจ്เดคเด•เดจുเดฎാเดฏ เดถ്เดฐീ เดถ്เดฐീ เดถ്เดฐീ เดฑാเดชోเฐฒు เดถ്เดฐീเด•ാเดจ്เดคാเดšാเดฐ്เดฏเตผ เด…เดญിเดช്เดฐാเดฏเดช്เดชെเดŸ്เดŸു. เดฏോเด—เดฏിเตฝ เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•ാเดธเดจം เดŽเดจ്เดจเดค് เดตเดณเดฐെ เดชเดดเด•്เด•เดฎുเดณ്เดณเดคാเดฃ്. เดถเดตാเดธเดจเดค്เดคിเตฝ เดจാം เดถเดฐീเดฐം เดšเดฒിเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจിเดฒ്เดฒാเดคെ เดŽเด™്เด™เดจെ เดตിเดถ്เดฐเดฎിเด•്เด•ുเดฎോ, เด…เดคുเดชോเดฒെ เดคเดจ്เดจെเดฏാเดฃ് เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•ാเดธเดจเดค്เดคിเตฝ เดฎเดจเดธും เดถเดฐീเดฐเดตും เดชൂเตผเดฃเดฎാเดฏി เดตിเดถ്เดฐเดฎിเด•്เด•ുเดจ്เดจเดค്. เด‡เดคിเดฒൂเดŸെ เด…เดตเดฏเดตเด™്เด™เตพ เด•ൂเดŸുเดคเตฝ เด•ാเดฒം เด†เดฐോเด—്เดฏเดค്เดคോเดŸെ เดจിเดฒเดจിเตฝเด•്เด•ും เดŽเดจ്เดจ് เดช്เดฐเดถเดธ്เดค เดฏോเด— เดตിเดฆเด—്เดงเตป เดถ്เดฐീ เดฐംเด— เดธാเดฏി เดชเดฑเดž്เดžു. เดฒോเด•เดค്เดคെ เดœเดจเด™്เด™เตพ เด…เดตเดฐുเดŸെ เดฆൈเดจംเดฆിเดจ เดœീเดตിเดคเดค്เดคിเตฝ เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•เดค്เดคെ เด’เดฐു เดญാเด—เดฎാเด•്เด•เดฃเดฎെเดจ്เดจ്, เด…เดค് เดธเดฎൂเดนเดค്เดคിเดจ്เดฑെ เดชുเดฐോเด—เดคിเด•്เด•ു เดตเดฒിเดฏ เดธเดนാเดฏเดฎാเด•ുเดฎെเดจ്เดจ്, เดŽเดฒ്เดฒാ เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•เดธ്เดคเดฐും เด’เดฐു เด•ൂเดŸ്เดŸം เดฐൂเดชเดช്เดชെเดŸുเดค്เดคി เดฌเดฆ്เดงเด•เดค്เดคിเดจ്เดฑ...