r/chipdesign↗
Integrated Circuit Design/Manufacturing
A subreddit for the discussion of all things related to the creation (not usage of!) integrated circuits, both circuit- and process-level.
63k subscribers440 posts / mo in Sep 2026345 authors / mosince 2010
r/chipdesign has 63k members (+51% over the last 12 months). It gets about 440 posts a month from 345 people. Top topics: RISC-V Linux, Moore's Law Transistors and Engineering Majors.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- RISC-V Linux0.9%
- Moore's Law Transistors0.6%
- Engineering Majors0.4%
- Technical Interviews0.3%
- Chip Shortage & Semiconductor News0.3%
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- ieee.org
- Levels.fyi
- Medium
- Cadence Design Systems
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