Re: Design your Own Chip

On Sun, 14 Jul 2024 15:29:01 +0000, Anton Ertl wrote:

mhx@iae.nl (mhx) writes:

One of the things I expect to happen in the next
decade is that people have their own chips and SOCs
*manufactured* like they currently order their
breadboards.

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I don't see what process TINY TAPEOUT offers.  The 160 x 100 um tile
may be a bit disappointing if it's a 0.35um process.

They advise to start with an FPGA project, but I see talk
about RISC V and the Skywater 130nm process (Pentium IV?).
An FPGA process is certainly better than 350nm, and I guess
(I'm not an expert) no custom masks are needed.
-marcel