Die
The silicon wafer is usually patterned with the mask set to make hundreds or thousands of the same IC.
Each of these ICs are then cut out of the wafer and are called dies.
The die is then somehow packaged. Often they are mounted to a leadframe and then moulded into a plastic packaging to make them larger and easier to handle.
Leadframe
Image from Sergei Frolov
Read more about how the dual in line package was created (DIP) in this Hackaday article
The Google shuttle will provide a type of packaging called Wafer Level Chip Scale Packaging.
Course feedback
I wanted to get my hands dirty and I think your course sums up the whole experience from the ground up. You start by understanding how MOFETs work, get hands-on with Verilog and then all the way to the stage where you can be part of the ASIC shuttle.