EDN

Reference-tool flows and process-design kits, part two

In design support for the fabless or foundry-based semiconductor-design model, the main mechanism for circuit-design information is the PDK (process-design kit). The PDK describes the electrical, ...
Business Wire

SkyWater Announces Availability of Cadence Open-Source PDK and Reference Design for SkyWater’s 130 nm Process

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SkyWater Technology, (Nasdaq: SKYT), the trusted technology realization partner today announced a new SkyWater open-source 130 nm process design kit (PDK) from ...
EDN

Process design kits draw fire, standards scrutiny

SAN JOSE, Calif. As two new standards initiatives take aim at making process design kits easier to use, questions are arising about the usefulness of the design rules embedded in PDKs and the design ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Process Design Kit: Protecting Design Know-How

Once upon a time, integrated circuits (ICs) were built by the same companies that designed them. The design of an IC was tightly integrated with the manufacturing processes available within each ...
Hackaday

Creating A Custom ASIC With The First Open Source PDK

A process design kit (PDK) is a by now fairly standard part of any transformation of a new chip design into silicon. A PDK describes how a design maps to a foundry’s tools, which itself are described ...
Semiconductor Engineering

How To Create A Physics-Based Laser Compact Model For A Photonic Process Design Kit (PDK)

This paper discusses the importance of accurate laser compact models in photonic process design kits, describes different laser models available in Ansys Lumerical INTERCONNECT, and explains optimal ...
IDTechEx

Process Design Kit (PDK) For Flexible Electronics

Printed electronics (PE) is emerging for internet of things (IoT) and wearables. For electronics designers, however, the entry barrier is still high due to the lack of device models and the design ...
Business Insider

SkyWater Releases Early Access PDK and Partners with Trusted Semiconductor Solutions to Enable Design Kit for 90 nm Strategic Rad-Hard by Process Platform

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. and BROOKLYN PARK, Minn., Dec. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- SkyWater Technology, the trusted technology realization partner, today announced it has released its initial process design ...
Electronic Design

Process Design Kits Accelerate Product Delivery Without Sacrificing Performance

When it comes to taking advantage of new silicon technology, design enablement teams must deliver accurate process design kits (PDKs) to mitigate the complexity of evolving semiconductor processes.
Silicon Semiconductor

NanoIC adds advanced SRAM memory macros to its N2 pathfinding PDK

Anita Farokhnejad, DTCO Program Manager and Julien Ryckaert, VP R&D, both at imec, discuss the recent NanoIC pilot line announcement - the release of the N2 P-PDK v1.
Seeking Alpha

Lightwave Logic Announces Controlled Availability of Silicon Photonics Process Design Kit for Advanced Electro-Optic Polymer Integration

DENVER, COLORADO / ACCESS Newswire / March 28, 2025 / Lightwave Logic, Inc. (LWLG) (the "Company"), a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic (EO) polymers to transmit ...