From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 16:18:31 +0000 (+0100) Subject: add more links X-Git-Tag: opf_rfc_ls005_v1~2123 X-Git-Url: https://git.libre-soc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=25e182c4769c84fd5fe0f0b45bb1c146ca39c630;p=libreriscv.git add more links --- diff --git a/conferences/siliconsalon2022.mdwn b/conferences/siliconsalon2022.mdwn index 3c7ca105b..71b9047f3 100644 --- a/conferences/siliconsalon2022.mdwn +++ b/conferences/siliconsalon2022.mdwn @@ -224,11 +224,16 @@ process and they knock it off the cost that they charge you. Normally it would be $50,000 for running a tool that would be a manual process, but e-fabless has completely automated that. + + + Ultimately, you need to buy your own foundry, make the PDK and Cell Library public. Skywater PDK 130nm is now publicly available which is a start. Some cell libraries are publicly available, but not every foundry is following suite yet. They are interested, but not moving yet. + + Another thing is that you could only use libre VLSI tools because you want people to be able to independently verify your GDS-II files, then you can't rely on a proprietary toolchain. At the moment you would be