Google GF180MCU open shuttle (GFMPW‑0) · Run by Google and Efabless

PDM driver and dice

0AFF · Other digital · 1 × 1 slot

Rendered from the layout at 2.5 µm per pixel. Layers: NwellDiffusionPolysiliconMetal 1Metal 2Metal 3Metal 4Metal 5Top metalPad openings

151 logic cells: too few for density figures, which are given for designs of 1,000 or more.

Every figure here is measured from the public layout, the same way for every design on the run: see data and method, and how its designs used the process.

PDM driver and dice module with 7 segment display. By Harry Snell.

Die3.93 × 5.12 mm (20.1 mm²)
Core area9.00 mm² inside the pad ring
its user_project_wrapper cell
Placements1 on the reticle, in slot E1 0AFF on the reticle
Bond pads63
Transistors82,355
Logic cells151 + 11,248 filler and tap cells
Libraries 7t-5V (151)
SRAMNo SRAM

Process features

Which parts of the GF180MCU process this design uses: its transistor voltages and where they come from, its gate oxides, and any devices drawn by hand outside the standard cells, SRAM and pads.

5 V7t-5V standard cells
Gate oxidesThick only (5 V/6 V) in the design itself

Where the area went

How this design's area splits between filler and tap cells, other and outside the user area.

43%
55%
  • Filler and tap cells 0.37 mm² (2%)
  • Other 8.62 mm² (43%)
  • Outside the user area 11.12 mm² (55%)

Most used cells

The ten standard cells this design uses most.

CellLibraryInstancesWhat it does
clkbuf_17t-5V 25Clock buffer
dffrnq_17t-5V 24D flip-flop with reset
clkinv_17t-5V 16Clock inverter
dlyb_17t-5V 15Delay buffer
clkbuf_37t-5V 9Clock buffer (3x drive)
nor2_17t-5V 72-input NOR gate
xor2_17t-5V 72-input XOR gate
dlyc_17t-5V 6Delay buffer
buf_17t-5V 5Buffer
mux2_27t-5V 52-input multiplexer (2x drive)

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