On Wed, 9 Jun 2021 21:36:03 -0700 (PDT) "'shalan' via Electric VLSI Editor" <electricvlsi@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Also, what is the current status of Sky130A PDK support.
Hello, Shalan, My company, Western Semiconductor, wrote the initial sk130 PDK for Electric which is still available and you are welcome to use it: https://gitlab.com/westernsemico/com.westernsemico.vlsi We did this before Skywater announced the very unusual tape-in requirements for Google-subsidized runs, especially the requirement that subsidized runs be wrapped with the Skywater Management Engine. After those requirements were released, I realized that targeting the Google-subsidized runs is not a good use of engineering resources. The engineering time required to meet a tape-out costs many multiples of a 130nm MPW through other companies (e.g. MOSIS or IMEC). I have explained this to Skywater and asked them to inform me as soon as fully-paid and reserved MPW slots are available for purchase. They seemed sympathetic and said they would let me know when that happens. Unfortunately further work on the PDK by Western Semiconductor will have to wait until paid reservations are offered by Skywater. Thanks, - a -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Electric VLSI Editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to electricvlsi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/electricvlsi/20210611115558.4527146e%40snowden.
