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So what's the cheapest fab in the world? Maybe I should just stick with FPGAs.
by chocolatebunny 9y ago
So what's the cheapest fab in the world?
Maybe I should just stick with FPGAs.
- sbierwagen 9y agoWikipedia says prototype runs are done MPW or MLM, with many different chips printed on a single wafer. Nobody quotes actual prices, of course, so guess "a lot" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-project_wafer_service https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-project_wafer_service
- mavendependency 9y agohttps://youtu.be/Pt9i2ABe_mE https://youtu.be/Pt9i2ABe_mE http://ifdl.jp/make_lsi/ http://ifdl.jp/make_lsi/ http://hackaday.com/2016/10/13/blinking-an-led-extreme-edition/ http://hackaday.com/2016/10/13/blinking-an-led-extreme-editi... http://www.slideshare.net/junichiakita9/intorudction-to-makelsi http://www.slideshare.net/junichiakita9/intorudction-to-make... There some projects to realize low-cost, short turn-around-time LSI fabrication at slightly old process, such as 1um, in Japan, whose name is Minimal Fab. This will enable the (commercial) LSI fabrication service at a few hundred USD cost and 1-week TAT. I believe this a revolution similar to that happened in PCB world in ten years ago.
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- frozenport 9y agoFPGA conversion has a 50k nre. Anything else and you need a team of people on your end to do things like verify quality. The fun part is that you can sometimes sneak an trial design into a shuttle service. ( but good luck making that initial design!)
- nickpsecurity 9y agoThese do multi-project wafers (aka shuttle runs): https://www.mosis.com/ https://www.mosis.com/ http://www.europractice-ic.com/ http://www.europractice-ic.com/