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

8x8 Bit Pattern Player

C301 · Other digital · 1 × 1 slot

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

201 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.

8x8 bit serial programmable, addressable and playable memory. By Thorsten Knoll.

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 D5 C301 on the reticle
Bond pads63
Transistors82,400
Logic cells201 + 11,638 filler and tap cells
Libraries 7t-5V (201)
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
dffq_17t-5V 64D flip-flop (1 bit storage)
dlyb_17t-5V 32Delay buffer
mux2_27t-5V 322-input multiplexer (2x drive)
nor2_17t-5V 242-input NOR gate
clkbuf_17t-5V 14Clock buffer
clkbuf_27t-5V 8Clock buffer (2x drive)
clkbuf_37t-5V 8Clock buffer (3x drive)
oai21_17t-5V 8OR-AND-Invert compound gate
oai32_17t-5V 7OR-AND-Invert compound gate
buf_17t-5V 1Buffer

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