Manufacturing

Designs built with the GF180MCU PDK target the GlobalFoundries 180nm MCU (gf180mcu) process and can be manufactured through several routes, depending on how many chips you need and your budget.

wafer.space run

wafer.space organises low-cost shared manufacturing runs on the GF180MCU process. A shared run splits the cost of a mask set across many participants, so you can get real dies without paying for a dedicated reticle. See the wafer.space website for the current and upcoming GF180MCU runs.

Tiny Tapeout shuttle

Tiny Tapeout is the cheapest and easiest way to get a design onto silicon: many small projects share a single die, so the per-project cost is very low. Tiny Tapeout runs periodic GF180MCU shuttles — see the Tiny Tapeout website for the next shuttle and submission deadlines.

GlobalFoundries MPW program

For larger designs, or to move towards production, GlobalFoundries runs its own multi-project wafer (MPW) program on the GF180MCU process. Contact GlobalFoundries for access to the standard MPW program.