VLSI resources

CMOS
1. Sedra and Smith, Microelectronic Circuits. Oxford: Oxford University Press
2. Kang and Yusuf, CMOS Integrated Circuits. New York: McGraw Hill
3. Behzad Razavi, Design of Analog CMOS Integrated Circuits. New York: McGraw Hill

Verilog
1. Samir Palnitkar, Verilog HDL. New Jersey: Prentice Hall
2. Bhaske, J. A Verilog HDL Primer. Pennsylvania: Star Galaxy Publishers
System Verilog
Chris Spear, SystemVerilog for Verification. New York: Springer

Synthesis
Himanshu Bhatnagar, Advanced ASIC Chip Synthesis. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Static Timing Analysis
J. Bhasker and Rakesh Chadha, Static Timing Analysis for Nanometer Designs. New York: Springer

Physical Design
Naveed Sherwani, Algorithms for VLSI physical design automation. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers

PERL
David Till, Teach Yourself PERL in 21 Days. Toronto: Sams Publishers

Web links

http://www.asic.co.in
http://www.asic-world.com

Blogs

http://only-vlsi.blogspot.com
http://asic-soc.blogspot.com
http://vlsi-expert.blogspot.com
http://neeasic.blogspot.com
http://vlsi-doubts.blogspot.com
http://asicdigitaldesign.wordpress.com
http://chipverification.blogspot.com
http://vlsi-interview-questions.blogspot.in/
http://vlsiupdatez.blogspot.in/

Trends & Technology

http://eetimes.com
http://www.semiwiki.com
http://eda360insider.wordpress.com
http://www.techonlineindia.com

How to read a technical paper..

How to read a paper
by S Keshav, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo.
The pdf link is posted below.

How to read a technical paper pdf