EPISODE · Mar 11, 2021 · 30 MIN
Tim Edwards - what happens between ASIC submission and sending to Skywater?
from Zero to ASIC Course · host Matt Venn
00:12 Tim Edwards introduction 01:00 next steps after submission before files sent to Skywater 02:00 infrastructure - getting all the latest from everyone's repositories 03:05 size of the repos can be a problem 03:41 revolutionary part of this run is that everything is Open Source down to the GDS 04:51 Open Source PDK is what makes it possible to do this for eFabless 05:12 Why didn't we submit the source rather than the final GDS? 09:42 Got all the GDS2 files from the repos, what's the next step? 10:00 3 scripts, 1st applies a user id 13:04 2nd script does fill generation 16:14 3rd script does compositing 19:39 DRC count for Caravel 23:00 lots of people have helped make this happen 23:50 biggest project at eFabless 24:00 When do you think the files will get sent to Skywater? Open Source VLSI tools: http://opencircuitdesign.com/ eFabless: https://efabless.com/company
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00:12 Tim Edwards introduction 01:00 next steps after submission before files sent to Skywater 02:00 infrastructure - getting all the latest from everyone's repositories 03:05 size of the repos can be a problem 03:41 revolutionary part of this run is that everything is Open Source down to the GDS 04:51 Open Source PDK is what makes it possible to do this for eFabless 05:12 Why didn't we submit the source rather than the final GDS? 09:42 Got all the GDS2 files from the repos, what's the next step? 10:00 3 scripts, 1st applies a user id 13:04 2nd script does fill generation 16:14 3rd script does compositing 19:39 DRC count for Caravel 23:00 lots of people have helped make this happen 23:50 biggest project at eFabless 24:00 When do you think the files will get sent to Skywater? Open Source VLSI tools: http://opencircuitdesign.com/ eFabless: https://efabless.com/company
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