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Hello, I'm Samcoach, a circuit design mentor.

These days, AI semiconductors are the hottest keyword in both stocks and industry.
In that trend, the "AI Semiconductor Design Course" I prepared has
finally passed the Ministry of Employment and Labor's government funding review!

👉Apply Now

🔹 AI semiconductors become the center of industry

The recent growth rate of the AI industry is beyond imagination.
With the emergence of large language models like GPT, Llama, and Claude,
the computational structure itself across industries is being redefined.

At the center of this is the AI semiconductor (AI Accelerator).
No matter how much AI advances,
if the semiconductor architecture responsible for those computations cannot keep up,
speed and efficiency will ultimately hit their limits.

So now, the entire world is working to secure AI semiconductor design talent.
Not only Samsung, SK Hynix, NVIDIA, and AMD,
but also domestic startups, fabless companies, and research institutes
are all looking for "people who can structurally design computational efficiency."

🔸 After GPU, the era of new architectural competition

In the industry, various design innovations are currently being pursued simultaneously
to overcome the limitations of GPU-based computing.

• Chiplet Architecture: An approach that designs large chips by dividing them into multiple modules,
  reducing manufacturing process constraints and improving heat and yield issues.

• HBM(High Bandwidth Memory) Integration:
  To solve the memory bandwidth bottleneck in AI model training,
  technology that directly stacks HBM and minimizes computing units and interfaces is gaining attention.

• 3D Stacking:
  A method that vertically stacks logic chips and memory chips to reduce signal delay
  in order to achieve much higher computational density than GPUs.

These technologies come together as one,
ultimately converging on "the ability to design efficient computational structures" as the core of AI semiconductors.

🔸 Three pillars that circuit designers must master

① Common Practical Skills
Performing RTL design with Verilog/SystemVerilog,
implementing actual circuits through FPGA,
and meeting timing constraints, power, and signal integrity requirements
are fundamental skills for all designers and the 'language of circuits'.
This is no longer optional but essential.

② Advanced Specialization in Professional Design Areas
The depth of design varies depending on your career path.
In the power semiconductor field, you'll work on high-efficiency circuit design
such as GaN-based power circuits and
3-level switching chargers,
while in the digital design field, you'll handle
high-speed interface design and verification environment setup for DDR, PCIe, SerDes, etc.
This isn't something you can simply learn - it's an area that can only be understood through direct design and verification.

③ Trendy technologies leading the industry
Chiplets, 3D stacking, AI-based EDA,
HBM memory integration, and AI accelerator architecture design.
These five technologies are determining the future of the industry right now.

⚙ A course to learn "practical design thinking" rather than theory

To practically connect these three axes,
the "AI Semiconductor Design Practice" course that I personally developed
has been officially approved for the Ministry of Employment and Labor K-Digital Basic Skills Training this time.

This course is not simply a "learning lecture."
It is "training to acquire the mindset of a designer."

• Design arithmetic blocks directly in Verilog and

• While implementing CPU architecture

• Finally, we add AI computation units to complete the AI accelerator architecture.

The entire course proceeds by constantly asking "Why is this structure efficient?",
"What constraints must be considered in actual chip design?",
"Why is this signal timing set this way?"

When you submit assignments, we don't just give you a score,
but also point out actual problems that occur during the Tape-out stage from the perspective of working engineers.

"This structure may cause Hold Violations."
"While this timing might pass in an FPGA environment, it has a high probability of failing in actual ASIC implementations."

This kind of feedback is exactly the moment that creates 'practical design sense'.

👨‍🏫 Operating Structure and Support System

• Operating Platform: COMENTO

• Instructor Composition:

  • Main Instructor 1 person (Semiconductor Circuit Design Engineer from Samsung Electronics S.LSI - Samcoach)

  • 2 Assistant Instructors (Current Circuit Design Engineers)

• Support Method:

  • Real-time Q&A and project-specific feedback

  • Advanced learning materials, design trend report provided

  • Operating AI Semiconductor Competition Award-Winning Works Analysis Session

  • Latest Industry Position Analysis and Career Q&A Session Provided

This system is designed not for simple learning, but
as a structure that leads to practical skills → portfolio building → career expansion.

💰 Government funding benefits and completion perks

This course is supported through the Ministry of Employment and Labor's K-Digital Basic Skills Training Program,
with over 90% of tuition fees covered by government funding.
The actual out-of-pocket cost is approximately 42,000 won.

• Official Certificate of Completion (including NCS code) issued

• Lifetime access provided (including updates)

• 6-month access to Comento Professional Community
  → Technical Q&A and job information sharing available between industry designers and students

• AI Competition Trend Report and Award-Winning Work Analysis Content Provided

• AI Semiconductor Employment/Career Change Information Channel Connection Support

This course is originally a hands-on curriculum worth 400,000-500,000 won,
but thanks to government funding, you can take it almost for free.

However, due to limited budget,
enrollment closes on a first-come, first-served basis for each cohort.

Also, due to the nature of government funding, we don't know when the support will end.

Since the course benefits remain the same,
please don't hesitate and apply when you can.
(It was actually 100% free until 2023, but changed to 90% in 2024.)

👉Apply Now

🚀 Expansion After Completion: Career & Competitions

Students who complete this course are not simply "people who learned about AI semiconductors."
They become talent with practical competencies that connect to actual career stages
such as AI semiconductor competitions, design internships, and preparation for employment at semiconductor companies.

• AI Semiconductor Competition Preparation Class Operation
  → Analysis of actual award-winning structures, providing feedback on submitted circuit designs

• Providing job search and career transition support content
  → Hiring trends, position analysis, company-specific design capability guides

• Community Networking
  → Support for study groups, collaborative projects, and information exchange among graduates

In other words, it's not the end of learning but
'a starting point for concretizing your career as an AI semiconductor designer'.

The AI semiconductor industry is not simply one field of semiconductors.
It is the center of a new technological ecosystem where AI, systems, and semiconductors converge.
Now, circuit designers are no longer simply "people who design chips,"
but must become "engineers who design AI computational architectures."

Through this government-funded program,
develop real industry-level design skills
and grow into a practical talent who can lead the AI semiconductor era.

Thank you.

Circuit Design Mentor Samcoach Dream.

(The free resource link was sent incorrectly, so we are sending it again.)

Hello, circuit design job seekers.

Looking at the job market these days,
There is a clear trend of reducing public recruitment and hiring a small number of elite candidates for positions.
Especially for those who have only prepared for digital design, this is a time when they start to worry deeply about whether they are okay going in this direction.

I also meet many people in the field and in education.
I often hear people say , 'There is a lot of information, but it is still difficult to find the right direction for me.'

So this time,
We have prepared a seminar that will provide you with precise direction and practical preparation methods .

This seminar
It's not just a simple transfer of information,
"So that each and every one of you can accurately check your position and draw the next step."
It's designed to provide practical help.

✅ Seminar: 2025 Circuit Design Employment Strategy Seminar
👉 Apply for the seminar

The composition is as follows:

• Analysis of circuit design job recruitment trends by industry

• Importance of Digital+Analog+Verification+System Integration Experience

• Sharing real employment/career change success stories

• How to increase your practical competitiveness in a short period of time

• Free Q&A (All questions regarding employment, job changes, and study directions are welcome)

🎁 Benefits provided to all seminar participants

• Free PDF eBook for Circuit Design Entry

• 20% discount coupon for future classes

(Even if you just attend, we have prepared everything you need to prepare.)

🎯 You will also receive additional materials and special benefits

• 🔗 [Free Material] Semiconductor Circuit Design Job-Specific Keyword PDF + Recommended Portfolio Guide
  → View directly

• 🎁 [Special benefit for existing students] 30% discount on digital + analog integrated lectures
  → Apply

📢 Additionally, we have prepared a video that we would like you to watch together this time.

2025 Semiconductor Circuit Design Jobs, How to Prepare

Digital design alone is not enough.
Companies are now looking for talent with experience integrating digital and analog.

In this video

• Vivid insights gained through interviews with recruiters and current employees

• Preparation Directions for the 5 Major Circuit Design Jobs

• T-shaped talent strategy

• How to construct a recommended portfolio

• 9-month job preparation roadmap

I have summarized everything in detail.

📺 Watch the video now
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-_rZENV9c

(※ Anyone can watch this video for free, regardless of whether or not they have applied for the seminar.)

This seminar
It is not a "preparation that only accumulates information and adds to the frustration",
It was created to help "clear the direction and prepare you to actually move."

If you are currently struggling alone,
This seminar will help you find a clear path.

Come and join us without any pressure,
Make your circuit design career journey more certain.

I sincerely look forward to this time when we can grow together.
thank you

Samkochi Dream.

Hello, circuit design job seekers.

Looking at the job market these days,
There is a clear trend of reducing public recruitment and hiring a small number of elite candidates for positions.
Especially for those who have only prepared for digital design, this is a time when they start to worry deeply about whether they are okay going in this direction.

I also meet many people in the field and in education.
I often hear people say , 'There is a lot of information out there, but it is still difficult to find the right direction for me.'

So this time,
We have prepared a seminar that will provide you with precise direction and practical preparation methods .

This seminar
It's not just a simple transfer of information,
"So that each and every one of you can accurately check your position and draw the next step."
It's designed to provide practical help.

✅ Seminar: 2025 Circuit Design Employment Strategy Seminar
👉 Apply for the seminar

The composition is as follows:

• Analysis of circuit design job recruitment trends by industry

• Importance of Digital+Analog+Verification+System Integration Experience

• Sharing real employment/career change success stories

• How to increase your practical competitiveness in a short period of time

• Free Q&A (All questions regarding employment, job changes, and study directions are welcome)

🎁 Benefits provided to all seminar participants

• Free PDF eBook for Circuit Design Entry

• 20% discount coupon for future classes

(Even if you just attend, we have prepared everything you need to prepare.)

🎯 You will also receive additional materials and special benefits

• 🔗 [Free Material] Semiconductor Circuit Design Job-Specific Keyword PDF + Recommended Portfolio Guide
  → View directly

• 🎁 [Special benefit for existing students] 30% discount on digital + analog integrated lectures
  → Apply

📢 Additionally, we have prepared a video that we would like you to watch together this time.

2025 Semiconductor Circuit Design Jobs, How to Prepare

Digital design alone is not enough.
Companies are now looking for talent with experience integrating digital and analog.

In this video

• Vivid insights gained through interviews with recruiters and current employees

• Preparation Directions for the 5 Major Circuit Design Jobs

• T-shaped talent strategy

• How to construct a recommended portfolio

• 9-month job preparation roadmap

I have summarized everything in detail.

📺 Watch the video now
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8-_rZENV9c

(※ Anyone can watch this video for free, regardless of whether or not they have applied for the seminar.)

This seminar
It is not a "preparation that only accumulates information and adds to the frustration",
It was created to help "clear the direction and prepare you to actually move."

If you are currently struggling alone,
This seminar will help you find a clear path.

Come and join us without any pressure,
Make your circuit design career journey more certain.

I sincerely look forward to this time when we can grow together.
thank you

Samkochi Dream.

Hello, I am Samcochi, a circuit design mentor 🙂

We are sending you an email to provide students with useful information about their projects!

Among the students taking the course, there are many who are interested in digital circuit design.
I'd like to introduce two FPGA project sites that you can use for free.

1. hackster

https://www.hackster.io/
You can search for various projects by searching for FPGA or Verilog in the search box.
There are projects that also provide code, so it would be a good idea to check them out one by one when you have time.

2. fpga4student

https://www.fpga4student.com/p/fpga-projects.html
There are simple projects that can be done using Verilog and VHDL, as well as MIPS projects.
I think that following along one by one will help you greatly increase your understanding of computer architecture!


Also about Inflearn lectures
I regret the 12 month lecture period
There are many people who ask if extension is possible.

After taking the class, you can participate in a simple EVENT by investing just 5 minutes.

We are giving away unlimited classes!

So, you don't have to worry about the lecture period 😀

We will send you more information and EVENT plans in a newsletter format!

Then, good luck to everyone!