Tapeout Steps with CMC

  1. Create an account with CMC through online process (notify Hossein to approve you to the team)
  2. Select a fabrication technology & choose a fabrication run
  3. Read previous RFMR samples and write your own well ahead of the deadline. The most important sections are “area justification” and “rationale for going on chip rather than using off-the-shelf components”.
  4. Send your RFMR pdf to me ~2 weeks before the deadline.
  5. Submit application (in form of a Request for Manufacturing Resource, RFMR) – check fabrication schedule for deadlines
  6. Watch for CMC’s Award e-mail notification.
  7. Design, simulate, layout, DRC, LVS, PLS, Antenna, Latch-up, …
  8. Submit DRC Clean Design, completed Request for Implementation (RFI) form including Packaging Requirements
  9. Watch for CMC’s notification of design accepted for manufacture at Foundry
  10. Monitor fabrication schedule for chip shipping forecast dates, prepare for testing
  11. Submit a test report to CMC
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