SOC Design Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Criticality in projects refers to the importance of certain tasks or components in achieving project goals.

• Identify critical tasks that have a high impact on project success

• Allocate resources and prioritize critical tasks to ensure timely completion

• Regularly monitor and assess progress of critical tasks to mitigate risks

• Examples: Timing closure in ASIC design, power optimization in SOC design

Design a clock signal with a frequency 13 times higher than the input signal.

• Multiply the input clock frequency by 13 to get the desired output frequency.

• Use a PLL (Phase-Locked Loop) to generate the higher frequency clock signal.

• Ensure the clock signal meets timing requirements for the design.