From 25e182c4769c84fd5fe0f0b45bb1c146ca39c630 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 17:18:31 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add more links --- conferences/siliconsalon2022.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) 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 -- 2.30.2