Final Exam — Design, Test, and Defend

This is the final challenge. Work through Parts 1–5 in any order, then take the exam in Part 6. The exam pulls 2 questions from each of the 6 tracks — randomised. You need 80% to pass. Reshuffle as many times as you need.

Open the Chip Builder. Empty canvas. No templates, no Guided Mode. Build a Crystal-EM Hybrid using everything you've learned: substrate, crystal channel, piezo gate, GAA wrapper, EM antenna. Wire it. Power it on.

Test Lab → run every category. Material → Component → Integration → Full Chip → Logic. Record at least: switching speed, subthreshold swing, power, gm, intrinsic gain.

Open Benchmarks. Stack your design against at least two references — pick from Apple M4, NVIDIA H100, Tokyo InGaOx GAA, Georgia Tech piezotronic, Silicon Baseline. Note where you win and where you lose.

Open Scaling Laws. Set d₃₃, ECCF, and T to defendable values for your design. Capture the projection chart. Pick one scenario you'd present to investors and write a one-sentence justification.

Open the Copilot. Ask: 'Critique this design as if you were a skeptical reviewer.' Read the response carefully. Address at least two of the critiques — either by making a change or by writing a short rebuttal.

Below is your 10-question final exam. Two questions from each track, drawn at random from a pool. Pass at 80%. When you pass, your certification card appears with your name, the date, and a unique certificate ID. The bonus 500 XP and Semiconductor Scholar badge are awarded automatically.

Whether you passed today or you're coming back to retry — you've completed every track CrystalSim has. There is no Track 7. Go build something real.