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what does he mean by "tape out" chips?
by j0hnyl 3y ago
what does he mean by "tape out" chips?
- bigdict 3y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape-out https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape-out
- detaro 3y agoIndustry term for a chip design being sent to manufacturing/being produced.
- bloggie 3y agoWhen transforming the logic gate design of a chip into the lithographic plates used for chip production, the plates were originally made by applying tape to create the photo masks. The name stuck and it now means to move a semiconductor project from the design phase to the manufacturing phase.