FreePDK v2.0: Transitioning VLSI education towards nanometer variation-aware Designs

James E. Stine; Jun Chen; Ivan Castellanos; Gopal Sundararajan; Mohammad Qayam; Praveen Kumar; Justin Remington; Sohum Sohoni

doi:10.1109/MSE.2009.5270820

FreePDK v2.0: Transitioning VLSI education towards nanometer variation-aware Designs

James E. Stine, Jun Chen, Ivan Castellanos, Gopal Sundararajan, Mohammad Qayam, Praveen Kumar, Justin Remington, Sohum Sohoni

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Abstract

This paper discusses an extension to an open source, variation aware Process Design Kit (PDK), based on Scalable CMOS design rules. This PDK is designed for 45nm feature sizes and is utilized for use in VLSI research, computer architecture, education and small businesses. This kit includes all the necessary layout design rules and extraction command decks to capture layout dependent systematic variation and perform statistical circuit analysis. The kit also includes a standard cell library, MIPS® processor and associated GNU-compliant compiler and the necessary support files to enable full chip place and route and verification for System on Chip designs. An analog and digital system test chip is also included with this PDK-extension allowing exploration of nanometer-based VLSI designs.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009
Pages	100-103
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MSE.2009.5270820
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009 - San Francisco, CA, United States Duration: Jul 25 2009 → Jul 27 2009

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Name	2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009

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Other	2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Francisco, CA
Period	7/25/09 → 7/27/09

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Stine, J. E., Chen, J., Castellanos, I., Sundararajan, G., Qayam, M., Kumar, P., Remington, J., & Sohoni, S. (2009). FreePDK v2.0: Transitioning VLSI education towards nanometer variation-aware Designs. In 2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009 (pp. 100-103). Article 5270820 (2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009). https://doi.org/10.1109/MSE.2009.5270820

FreePDK v2.0: Transitioning VLSI education towards nanometer variation-aware Designs. / Stine, James E.; Chen, Jun; Castellanos, Ivan et al.
2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009. 2009. p. 100-103 5270820 (2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Stine, JE, Chen, J, Castellanos, I, Sundararajan, G, Qayam, M, Kumar, P, Remington, J & Sohoni, S 2009, FreePDK v2.0: Transitioning VLSI education towards nanometer variation-aware Designs. in 2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009., 5270820, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009, pp. 100-103, 2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009, San Francisco, CA, United States, 7/25/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/MSE.2009.5270820

Stine JE, Chen J, Castellanos I, Sundararajan G, Qayam M, Kumar P et al. FreePDK v2.0: Transitioning VLSI education towards nanometer variation-aware Designs. In 2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009. 2009. p. 100-103. 5270820. (2009 IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, MSE 2009). doi: 10.1109/MSE.2009.5270820

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