Source: Content from “Mo Shang Feng Qi Lu Kan IC“, Author: Mo Shang Feng Qi Lu, thank you.. With support from various parties, integrated circuits have become a hot topic of the era, and there are numerous articles discussing the complexity and difficulties of chip design. I plan to clarify the chip design process from … Read more
PCB Network City News Today, we share an article about the IC chip production process. We hope it will be helpful to industry colleagues. The complex and intricate chip design process The chip manufacturing process is like building a house with LEGO; it starts with a wafer as the foundation, and then layers of the … Read more
The global semiconductor industry is currently in a new round of upward economic cycle. The domestic semiconductor industry is influenced not only by global cycles but also by a very strong logic of domestic substitution. Although China has become the largest semiconductor consumer in the world, the self-sufficiency rate of chips is low, with only … Read more
2025/02/19, Advanced Photonics News The optoelectronic integrated chip layout and tape-out service product line integrates a multi-material system, providing vertical integration from EPDA tools, PDK development, tape-out to applications. Targeting high-speed optical communication, integrated optoelectronic sensing, integrated optical computing, integrated lidar, and integrated quantum information fields, we offer tape-out, packaging, and testing services for silicon-based … Read more
Click the Blue Text Follow Us Chip tape out (Tape Out) technology is a core process in semiconductor manufacturing that accurately transfers design patterns to silicon wafers, serving as a critical bridge between design and production. This article comprehensively explores chip tape out technology, from design and tape out preparation to technical implementation, equipment, and … Read more
Click the Blue Words Follow Us #03 Detailed Explanation of Chip Tape-Out Technology 3.1 Design Check and Layout Verification Before proceeding with chip tape-out, design checks and layout verification are essential steps that are crucial for ensuring the success of the tape-out. Design Rule Check (DRC):The main purpose of this process is to thoroughly review … Read more
Machine Heart Report Editors: Zhang Qian, Dan Jiang Although it’s a 130nm process, it’s ultimately free, and there’s a tutorial that teaches you step by step. What more could you want? Yesterday, Google’s open-source blog [1] announced that the company’s hardware toolchain team is launching a new developer portal to help small developer communities start … Read more
Introduction Let’s talk about the aspects of chip design, tapeout, validation, manufacturing, and costs; tapeout is like taking a major exam for chip design. The importance of tapeout lies in its ability to verify whether the chip design is successful, making it a key step in chip manufacturing, where the finalized design is sent to … Read more
Source: EETOP Blog Author: mervin_li Link: https://blog.eetop.cn/1582944 As we all know, chip projects are complex system engineering tasks, where each link can significantly impact the final delivery. From experience, good project management includes important aspects such as resource allocation, risk assessment, process control, and delivery acceptance. How can these points be achieved independently yet cohesively? … Read more
Recently, the first large-scale fully asynchronous circuit (Asynchronous Circuit) chip designed by the asynchronous circuits and systems team led by Associate Professor He Anping from Lanzhou University’s School of Information Science and Engineering has been successfully taped out. Fully asynchronous circuit chip (Image from: Lanzhou University) This chip consists of 120 chips named LZU_GERM, with … Read more