https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape-out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape-out When a chip design is stable enough for manufacturing them. But chips usually hav

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape-out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape-out When a chip design is stable enough for manufacturing them. But chips usually have post si bugs and so the tape out is usually a back and forth process depending on how complex thechip is and how competent the design team was.