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SkyWater-PDF Plans First 130 Nm Wafer in 2020
- mrlonglong 6y agoThis is exciting news. How about new replacement custom chips for example the custom chips used in Amigas? New 8086s? New 68k processors?
- krallja 6y agoI bet Commodore SID chips will also be very popular. Authentic working specimens go for $50 on eBay!
- StringyBob 6y agoAt 130nm, you could fit at least a couple of 68k’s worth of logic in a square millimetre of silicon. The limitation is you can’t fit that many IO pin connections on a chip so small (pad limited). You might as well chuck in the rest of the Amiga while you are there!
- thechao 6y agoThere’s an LLVM analog called LLHD (LLHD.io) that’s coming in-line, right now. It’s be neat if these two projects could kiss.
- wbraun 6y agoI am currently a PhD student and have been wanting to get into IC design so this seems immensely exciting. I do power electronics, so hopefully they post info on the analog parts of the PDK soon. An open source DC/DC converter that can be integrated into other projects seems like it would be an interesting candidate for one of the first fab runs.