Version control tools are critical for large projects such as ASIC / SOC developments and they enable cross functional team collaborations. The version control tools maintain a record of every change complete with authorship, timestamp, and many other details.
ASIC / SOC engineers must be proficient in check-in / check-out / branch / merge commands of the version control tools, as they have to use them in their day-to-day job. For new grads, if they demonstrate basic understanding of version control tools, this will definitely be a plus.
In the ASIC design industry, Git and Perforce are the two most widely used version control tools. We share two cheat sheets for Git and Perforce here:
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