What was built

The chip as a whole: what its projects add up to.

32

Projects

on the chip

32

Open source

with a public repository

1.6M

Transistors

across the unique designs

113k

Logic cells

gates and flip-flops

256 bytes

SRAM

in foundry and custom macros

Counted inside the projects only, so these totals are smaller than the die's own figures on its run's page: the pads, Tiny Tapeout's multiplexer and controller and the fill are left out.

Get this chip, or make your own

Tiny Tapeout puts many small designs on one chip. Start with a tile, then come back with a whole die.

1
Get a Tiny Tapeout chip

Every Tiny Tapeout chip comes on a board you can plug in, with all of its projects ready to try.

Buy a chip and board
2
Put your design on the next one

Tiny Tapeout GF 26c and 26d take projects until 7 December 2026, to be made on wafer.space Run 3.

Submit a project
3
Make a whole chip of your own

When a design outgrows a few tiles, it can have a die to itself on wafer.space Run 3: orders close 9 December 2026.

Reserve a slot

The die

Every design rendered from the layout at the same scale and placed where it sits on the 3.9 × 5.1 mm die. Point at a project to see its name, and select it for its details.Every project is listed further down.

Project sizes

How many tiles each project took. A tile is the smallest piece of a Tiny Tapeout chip you can submit a design to.

1 × 1 tiles3
1 × 2 tiles23
2 × 2 tiles1
3 × 2 tiles1
4 × 2 tiles1
4 × 4 tiles3
Total32

Layout on GitHub

Shuttle status

Two schedules meet here: Tiny Tapeout collects the projects and builds the die, then wafer.space manufactures it on wafer.space Run 2 and ships the parts.

Done so far

  • wafer.space 1 March 2026 Campaign opens Run 2 slots available for purchase on Crowd Supply
  • wafer.space 30 April 2026, 23:59 AoE Early bird deadline Last day to purchase at early bird pricing, for whole-die slots on the run (not Tiny Tapeout projects)
  • Tiny Tapeout 19 June 2026 Tiny Tapeout GF 0.3 submissions close Last day to submit a project to this Tiny Tapeout shuttle
  • wafer.space 30 June 2026, 23:59 AoE Purchase deadline Final deadline to purchase slots, for whole-die slots on the run (not Tiny Tapeout projects)
  • Tiny Tapeout 4 July 2026 Tiny Tapeout GF 0.3 tapeout release Tiny Tapeout publishes the die's layout (tapeout-ws2607) and sends it to wafer.space
  • wafer.space 14 July 2026, 23:59 AoE Submission deadline Final deadline to submit clean GDS
  • wafer.space 22 July 2026 Tape-out to GlobalFoundries GDS files delivered to GlobalFoundries for fabrication
  • wafer.space 30 July 2026 Masks released Masks approved and fabrication started
  • wafer.space 17 September 2026 First wafers returned An initial set of wafers back from GlobalFoundries
  • wafer.space 8 October 2026 First wafers diced The initial wafers cut into individual dies

Still to come

  • Today, 24 October 2026
  • wafer.space 22 October 2026 (expected) First dies sorted Dies from the initial wafers picked and sorted by project
  • wafer.space 22 October 2026 (expected) First bare dies shipped Initial bare dies shipped to customers
  • wafer.space 12 November 2026 (expected) First packaged parts shipped Initial chip-on-board packaged parts shipped
  • wafer.space 10 December 2026 (expected) Main wafer lot returned The first full lot of Run 2 wafers back from GlobalFoundries
  • wafer.space 31 December 2026 (expected) Main lot bare dies shipped Bare dies from the main lot shipped to customers
  • wafer.space 15 January 2027 (expected) Last wafer lot returned The rest of the Run 2 wafers back from GlobalFoundries
  • wafer.space 21 January 2027 (expected) Main lot packaged parts shipped Chip-on-board packaged parts from the main lot shipped
  • wafer.space 5 February 2027 (expected) Last lot bare dies shipped Bare dies from the last lot shipped to customers
  • wafer.space 26 February 2027 (expected) Last lot packaged parts shipped Chip-on-board packaged parts from the last lot shipped

Missed this one? Tiny Tapeout GF 26c and 26d take projects until 7 December 2026: submit a project.

From the wafer.space run schedule and the Tiny Tapeout GF 0.3 repository.

How people used their silicon

Where the area of 32 projects (7 mm² of silicon) actually went

46%
26%
27%
  • Logic cells 46% — gates and flip-flops doing the design's actual work
  • SRAM 1% — memory macros
  • Filler and tap cells 26% — inserted by the tools to keep rows continuous and wells tied
  • Other 27% — routing channels, analog and custom layout, power grid and empty space

Standard cell libraries

The ready-made gate libraries the designs were built from: how many tracks tall each cell is, and the voltage it runs at.

Standard cell libraryLogic cellsShare
7t-5V gf180mcu_fd_sc_mcu7t5v0 88k 78%
AS 7t-3.3V gf180mcu_as_sc_mcu7t3v3 25k 22%

Area budget of every design

Each bar is one project, split the same way as above. Sorted by how much of the project is logic.

Show all 32 projects

Which parts of the process were used

Transistor voltages and optional devices across the 32 designs

Transistor voltages

3.3 V 11
5 V 23
6 V 1

A design counts for a voltage when its standard cells, SRAM or its own transistors use it. 5 V and 6 V transistors share the thick gate oxide; a marker layer in the layout tells them apart.

What fits on 1 mm² of GF180MCU silicon?

Theoretical maximum against what designers achieved

The maximum packs one cell type edge to edge with no room for wiring. Real designs need the wiring. Each box gives the most of a cell that fits with any GF180MCU library, then with the libraries this chip used.

~114k

Inverters per mm²

GF180MCU maximum,
with AS 7t-3.3V inv_2

With this chip's libraries:

7t-5V: 114k inv_1

AS 7t-3.3V: 114k inv_2

~91k

NAND gates per mm²

GF180MCU maximum,
with 7t-5V nand2_1

With this chip's libraries:

7t-5V: 91k nand2_1

AS 7t-3.3V: 65k nand2_2

~76k

Buffers per mm²

GF180MCU maximum,
with AS 7t-3.3V buff_2

With this chip's libraries:

7t-5V: 76k buf_1

AS 7t-3.3V: 76k buff_2

~17k

Flip-flops per mm²

GF180MCU maximum,
with AS 7t-3.3V dfxtp_2

With this chip's libraries:

7t-5V: 16k dffq_1

AS 7t-3.3V: 17k dfxtp_2

28k

Best core average

logic cells/mm² of core — 37% of the buffer maximum

Hardware Entropy Explorer: UART/SPI TRNG and PUF

44k

Densest 0.1 mm square

logic cells per mm² — 58% of the buffer maximum

PolyWave

20k

Typical project

median logic cells/mm² of core across 16 digital projects (1,000 or more logic cells)

58% of the core covered by logic cells

Percentages compare with the buffer maximum for each design's own library: buffers are among the smallest and most common logic cells, so a design made only of buffers, packed edge to edge with no wiring, would reach 100%.

Sizing your own design

What each tile size held on this chip, and what it would hold at its densities

Logic cells in its digital projects1,000 or more logic cells Logic cells at this chip's density Theoretical maximum, 7t-5V cells
Tiles Size  Core area Projects  Most Median  Typical20k / mm²Best28k / mm² NAND gatesnand2_1Flip-flopsdffq_1
1 × 10.35 × 0.16 mm 0.06 mm²3 1.3k1.3k 1.1k 1.6k 5.1k 880
1 × 20.35 × 0.33 mm 0.12 mm²23 3.3k2.5k 2.3k 3.3k 10.5k 1.8k
2 × 20.71 × 0.33 mm 0.23 mm²1 4.0k4.0k 4.7k 6.7k 21.3k 3.7k
3 × 21.08 × 0.33 mm 0.36 mm²1 6.7k6.7k 7.2k 10.1k 32.5k 5.6k
4 × 21.44 × 0.33 mm 0.48 mm²1 12.5k12.5k 9.6k 13.5k 43.3k 7.5k
4 × 41.44 × 0.74 mm 1.07 mm²3 25.2k20.3k 21.6k 30.3k 97.1k 16.7k

Swipe the table sideways for more columns.

Core area is the whole project. "Typical" and "best" multiply the core area by this chip's median and best core densities; SRAM and analog blocks take their area out of that. The theoretical maxima fill the core with nothing but that one cell of 7t-5V, the library most used on this chip, edge to edge with no routing.

Pick the tile size your design needs when you submit it to the next Tiny Tapeout chip, by 7 December 2026.

Logic density of every digital design

A digital project here is one with 1,000 or more logic cells. Solid bar: average over the core. Outlined bar: the densest 0.1 mm square outside SRAM, per mm² (a dash where memory covers most of the design). The scale ends at the buffer theoretical maximum (76k cells/mm²). The numbers are core / densest, in logic cells per mm².

Show all 16 digital projects
Every digital project's densities as a table
ProjectTilesLibraryLogic cells Inside core
per mm²
Densest 0.1 mm square
per mm²
Core coveredCore
mm²
Hardware Entropy Explorer: UART/SPI TRNG and PUF 038 1 × 27t-5V 3,281 28,407 39,500 79% 0.12*
USB CDC (Serial) Device 450 1 × 27t-5V 3,155 27,316 33,500 79% 0.12*
Hardware Entropy Explorer: UART/SPI TRNG and PUF (Analog) 358 1 × 27t-5V 3,048 26,390 41,200 75% 0.12*
TinyQV RISC-V SoC 199 4 × 27t-5V 12,513 26,332 34,600 70% 0.48*
Tiny FABulous FPGA (3.3V version) 359 4 × 4AS 7t-3.3V 25,184 23,634 37,300 60% 1.07*
Simon Says memory game 519 1 × 17t-5V 1,301 23,232 37,200 64% 0.06*
VGA Nyan Cat 003 1 × 27t-5V 2,662 23,048 34,700 63% 0.12*
Abad2048 258 1 × 27t-5V 2,452 21,229 30,300 58% 0.12*
wafer.space Logo VGA Screensaver 448 1 × 27t-5V 2,228 19,290 27,300 53% 0.12*
KianV uLinux SoC 518 4 × 47t-5V 20,266 19,018 28,000 58% 1.07*
2048 sliding tile puzzle game (VGA) 356 3 × 27t-5V 6,736 18,900 30,000 53% 0.36*
PolyWave 452 1 × 27t-5V 1,985 18,228 43,900 47% 0.11*
Tiny FABulous FPGA 102 4 × 47t-5V 19,232 18,048 32,000 58% 1.07*
Philippine flag waving 288 1 × 27t-5V 2,028 17,558 31,400 43% 0.12*
Until heat death do us part 099 2 × 27t-5V 3,961 16,906 27,700 51% 0.23*
Simple Signal Generator 033 1 × 27t-5V 1,704 14,753 26,900 47% 0.12*

The projects

Every project on this chip: an index, then grouped by what it does. Select one for its layout, its measurements and any die photographs.

Project index

All 32 projects by their address on the chip's multiplexer, with how many tiles each took and how much logic it packs.

AddressProjectAuthorTiles What it isLogic cells Cells per mm²
000 Chip ROM Uri Shaked 1 × 1 Other digital 234 4k
001 Tiny Tapeout Factory Test Tiny Tapeout 1 × 1 Test structures 108 2k
003 VGA Nyan Cat Andy Sloane 1 × 2 Retro computing 2,662 23k
005 74HCT00 Quad 2-Input NAND (3.3 V) Vipul Sharma 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
007 TT GF180mcuD Analog Factory Test Sylvain Munaut 1 × 2 Test structures 0
033 Simple Signal Generator Matt Venn 1 × 2 Other digital 1,704 15k
035 GF R2R DAC Matt Venn 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 284 2k
037 algofoogle analog stuff algofoogle (Anton Maurovic) 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 695 6k
038 Hardware Entropy Explorer: UART/SPI TRNG and PUF gojimmypi 1 × 2 Security 3,281 28k
039 MoM capacitor htfab 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
099 Until heat death do us part Julia Desmazes 2 × 2 Communications 3,961 17k
101 TT GF180mcuD Testbuffer Christoph Weiser 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
102 Tiny FABulous FPGA Leo Moser 4 × 4 FPGA 19,232 18k
103 tnt's recreation of a 555 on GF180mcu Sylvain Munaut 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
199 TinyQV RISC-V SoC Michael Bell 4 × 2 RISC-V and CPUs 12,513 26k
256 256x8 SRAM Julia Desmazes 1 × 2 Other digital 96 1k
258 Abad2048 Alexander Co Abad 1 × 2 FPGA 2,452 21k
260 GF BGR Rahul Bhagwat 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
262 Quadrature VCO Sylvain Munaut 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
288 Philippine flag waving Alexander Co Abad 1 × 2 Other digital 2,028 18k
290 Analog 4 bit Current DAC Kiterai 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
292 3.3V Folded Cascode OTA Pranay Arvind Patil and Nithin Purushothama 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
294 Oscillating Bones Uri Shaked 1 × 2 Other digital 16 <1k
356 2048 sliding tile puzzle game (VGA) Uri Shaked 3 × 2 Games 6,736 19k
358 Hardware Entropy Explorer: UART/SPI TRNG and PUF (Analog) gojimmypi 1 × 2 Security 3,048 26k
359 Tiny FABulous FPGA (3.3V version) Leo Moser 4 × 4 FPGA 25,184 24k
448 wafer.space Logo VGA Screensaver Uri Shaked 1 × 2 Art and logos 2,228 19k
450 USB CDC (Serial) Device Uri Shaked 1 × 2 Communications 3,155 27k
452 PolyWave Riccardo Pellegrini 1 × 2 Other digital 1,985 18k
454 MCML VCO Namibj 1 × 2 Analog and mixed-signal 0
518 KianV uLinux SoC Hirosh Dabui 4 × 4 RISC-V and CPUs 20,266 19k
519 Simon Says memory game Uri Shaked 1 × 1 Games 1,301 23k

Swipe the table sideways for more columns.

Designs that grew

Some designs on this chip have been made many times, on earlier and later Tiny Tapeout chips, and several now have a whole die of their own on a wafer.space run. The ringed marker is this chip.

Tiny Tapeout tile Google shuttle wafer.space die this chip
Each marker is one version of the design: hover over it or focus it for details, and select it to open its page. On a phone, the table below lists every one.

As a table
DesignMade onWhenVersionSize
FABulous FPGA Google GFMPW-0Dec 2022 56C6 One-hot FABulous FPGACaravel chip
wafer.space Run 1Dec 2025 MOLE FABulous FPGA1 × 1 slot
Tiny Tapeout IHP 26aMar 2026 Tiny FABulous FPGA8 × 4 tiles
Tiny Tapeout SKY 26aMay 2026 Tiny FABulous FPGA8 × 4 tiles
Tiny Tapeout SKY 26bMay 2026 Tiny FABulous FPGA8 × 4 tiles
Tiny Tapeout GF 0.3Jun 2026 Tiny FABulous FPGA; Tiny FABulous FPGA (3.3V version)4 × 4 tiles
wafer.space Run 2Jul 2026 MOLE FABulous FPGA1 × 1 slot
Tiny Tapeout SKY 26cSep 2026 Tiny FABulous FPGA8 × 4 tiles
Tiny Tapeout IHP 26bSep 2026 Tiny FABulous FPGA6 × 4 tiles
TinyQV RISC-V SoC Tiny Tapeout 6Apr 2024 TinyQV RISC-V SoC2 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout IHP 0.2Nov 2024 TinyQV RISC-V SoC2 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout IHP 25aMar 2025 TinyQV RISC-V SoC3 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout IHP 25bSep 2025 TinyQV - Crowdsourced RISC-V SoC5 × 4 tiles
Tiny Tapeout SKY 25aSep 2025 TinyQV 'Asteroids' - Crowdsourced RISC-V SoC; TinyQV 'Berzerk' - Crowdsourced RISC-V SoC8 × 4 tiles, 4 × 4 tiles
Tiny Tapeout SKY 25bNov 2025 TinyQV RISC-V SoC3 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout GF 0.1Nov 2025 TinyQV RISC-V SoCin a shared block
Tiny Tapeout GF 0.2Nov 2025 TinyQV RISC-V SoC3 × 4 tiles
wafer.space Run 1Dec 2025 TQVA TinyQV - Crowdsourced RISC-V SoC; TQVB TinyQV - Crowdsourced RISC-V SoC (0.5x1); TQVC TinyQV - Crowdsourced RISC-V SoC (1x0.5)TQVA ½ × ½ slot, TQVB ½ × 1 slot, TQVC 1 × ½ slot
Tiny Tapeout GF 0.3Jun 2026 TinyQV RISC-V SoC4 × 2 tiles
wafer.space Run 2Jul 2026 TQVA TinyQV - Crowdsourced RISC-V SoC; TQVC TinyQV - Crowdsourced RISC-V SoC (1x0.5); TQVD TinyQV - RISC-V SoC with HDMI output; TQVE TinyQV - RISC-V SoC with experimental pad setupTQVA ½ × ½ slot, TQVC 1 × ½ slot, TQVD ½ × ½ slot, TQVE ½ × ½ slot
KianV RISC-V Linux SoC Tiny Tapeout 5Nov 2023 KianV uLinux SoC8 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout 6Apr 2024 KianV uLinux SoC8 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout 7Jun 2024 KianV RISC-V RV32E Baremetal SoC3 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout IHP 0.2Nov 2024 KianV RISC-V RV32E Baremetal SoC4 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout GF 0.1Nov 2025 KianV uLinux SoCin a shared block
Tiny Tapeout GF 0.2Nov 2025 KianV uLinux SoC4 × 4 tiles
wafer.space Run 1Dec 2025 KIAN KianV: A 32-bit RISC-V Linux SoC taped out on GF180MCU1 × 1 slot
Tiny Tapeout IHP 26aMar 2026 KianV SV32 TT Linux SoC8 × 4 tiles
Tiny Tapeout GF 0.3Jun 2026 KianV uLinux SoC4 × 4 tiles
wafer.space Run 2Jul 2026 KIAN KianV: A 32-bit RISC-V Linux SoC taped out on GF180MCU Run 21 × 1 slot
Expresso Ethernet switch Tiny Tapeout GF 0.3Jun 2026 Until heat death do us part2 × 2 tiles
Tiny Tapeout GF 26bJun 2026 100Mbps 3 port Ethernet switch; 100Mbps Ethernet Accelerator Wrapper2 × 2 tiles, 1 × 2 tiles
wafer.space Run 2Jul 2026 CAFE Expresso Ethernet Chip: 100Mbps Ethernet switch + Heat death of the Universe Beacon - 0.5x0.5 version - Preferred version½ × ½ slot

Analog and mixed-signal 11

Other digital 6

FPGA 3

Security 2

Test structures 2

Games 2

RISC-V and CPUs 2

Communications 2

Art and logos 1

Retro computing 1

Die T0P3 on wafer.space Run 2

The die as a whole, measured like every other design on its run: its size, pads, process features, density, precheck and photographs. See every design on wafer.space Run 2

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

Logic density

Inside the core
logic cells per mm²
9k (12% of buffer maximum)
over the 12.90 mm² core: what the design itself packed
Inside the seal ring
logic cells per mm²
6k
over all 19.65 mm² of the slot, pad ring included
Densest mm²
logic cells per mm²
25k (32% of buffer maximum)
Core covered by logic27%
Transistor density
transistors per mm²
154k average, 328k in the mm² with the most logic cells

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.

Experimental Tiny Tapeout shuttle with Analog design support

Die3.93 × 5.12 mm (20.1 mm²)
Core area12.90 mm² inside the pad ring
the project template's, 442 µm in from each edge
Inside the seal ring19.65 mm² (the die less its 26 µm seal ring)
Placements1 on the reticle, in slot D5 T0P3 on the reticle
Bond pads74
Transistors1,981,726
Logic cells118,911 + 216,633 filler and tap cells
Libraries 7t-5V (94k), AS 7t-3.3V (25k)
SRAM1 macro, 2,048 bits

Submission

LicenceApache-2.0 declared
Repository: Apache-2.0 in LICENSE — agrees
How it was checked
Commit and PDK pin The licence and template were read from the repository at commit 16c30128215e.
Chip-on-boardNot selected at submission
PrecheckPassed the check it was accepted on, 2026-07-04
Passed latest re-run, 2026-08-02, gf180mcu-precheck 1.7.3
step results and logs

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.

3.3 VAS 7t-3.3V standard cells, ocd SRAM, 14,805 custom transistors
5 V7t-5V standard cells, 4,426 custom transistors
6 V80 custom transistors
Gate oxidesThin (3.3 V) and thick (5 V/6 V) in the design itself
MOS capacitors12 (1,200 µm²)
High-resistance poly resistors511 (26,587 µm²)
Unsalicided poly resistors12 (102 µm²)
Deep N-well9 (1,253 µm²)
Bipolar transistors9 (225 µm²)
I/O librarygf180mcu_ocd_io (1140 cells)

Where the area went

How this design's area splits between logic cells, SRAM, filler and tap cells, other and pad ring.

17%
15%
32%
36%
  • Logic cells 3.47 mm² (17%)
  • SRAM 0.07 mm² (<1%)
  • Filler and tap cells 2.95 mm² (15%)
  • Other 6.41 mm² (32%)
  • Pad ring 7.22 mm² (36%)

Most used cells

The ten standard cells this design uses most.

CellLibraryInstancesWhat it does
nand2_17t-5V 7,7512-input NAND gate
mux2_2AS 7t-3.3V 6,7962-input multiplexer (2x drive)
buf_17t-5V 6,487Buffer
nor2_17t-5V 6,1342-input NOR gate
dlxfp_2AS 7t-3.3V 5,504Latch (level-sensitive, 2x drive)
latq_17t-5V 5,504Latch (level-sensitive)
aoi21_17t-5V 5,099AND-OR-Invert compound gate
dffq_17t-5V 5,096D flip-flop (1 bit storage)
buff_2AS 7t-3.3V 4,980Buffer (2x drive)
oai21_17t-5V 3,545OR-AND-Invert compound gate

Logic density map

4,105 logic cells, 66,639 transistors 4,614 logic cells, 85,994 transistors 365 logic cells, 21,271 transistors 56 logic cells, 11,872 transistors 4,769 logic cells, 90,788 transistors 11,511 logic cells, 208,234 transistors, 7% SRAM 16,417 logic cells, 216,937 transistors 4,596 logic cells, 69,329 transistors 3,670 logic cells, 63,040 transistors 5,747 logic cells, 123,267 transistors 16,508 logic cells, 236,431 transistors 5,483 logic cells, 102,585 transistors 120 logic cells, 17,879 transistors 3,130 logic cells, 67,437 transistors 16,110 logic cells, 241,705 transistors 7,456 logic cells, 107,780 transistors 109 logic cells, 18,193 transistors 528 logic cells, 27,542 transistors 9,739 logic cells, 139,853 transistors 3,878 logic cells, 64,104 transistors 0 logic cells, 176 transistors 0 logic cells, 256 transistors 0 logic cells, 255 transistors 0 logic cells, 159 transistors gf180mcu_ocd_ip_sram__sram256x8m8wm1 Densest SRAM-free mm²: 24,632 logic cells 4k 5k <1k <1k 5k 12k 16k 5k 4k 6k 17k 5k <1k 3k 16k 7k <1k 1k 10k 4k

Logic cells per mm² in each square millimetre of the die. Hatched outlines are SRAM macros; the red outline is the densest mm² that avoids them (25k logic cells per mm²), found by sliding a 1 mm square over the die in 0.1 mm steps, so it can straddle the fixed squares and find more than any one of them. Squares at the edges are partial, so they read low.

SRAM macros

The ready-made memory blocks this design uses.

MacroCountBits each
gf180mcu_ocd_ip_sram__sram256x8m8wm11 2,048

Precheck

Before a design is made, the wafer.space platform checks it against the foundry's design rules. T0P3 was accepted on this check, and has been checked again since with newer rules.

All 16 steps passed, with 0 KLayout DRC errors, on 2026-07-04.

Every step, and the latest re-run
StepAccepted on
check 336, 2026-07-04, initial
Latest re-run
check 741, 2026-08-02, drc_update, gf180mcu-precheck 1.7.3
PDK open_pdks 1.0.604, LibreLane 5fe3db1
KLayout.ReadLayoutpassedpassed
KLayout.CheckTopLevelpassedpassed
KLayout.CheckSizepassedpassed
KLayout.GenerateIDpassedpassed
KLayout.Renderpassedpassed
KLayout.Densitypassedpassed
Checker.KLayoutDensitypassedpassed
KLayout.ZeroAreaPolygonspassedpassed
Checker.KLayoutZeroAreaPolygonspassedpassed
KLayout.Antennapassedpassed
Checker.KLayoutAntennapassedpassed
Magic.DRCpassedpassed
Checker.MagicDRCadvisory warningadvisory warning
KLayout.DRCpassedpassed
Checker.KLayoutDRCpassedpassed
KLayout.WriteLayoutpassedpassed
KLayout DRC errors00
Magic DRC errors (advisory)2,2682,268
Filessteps · log (gzip)steps · log (gzip)

The steps of the gf180mcu-precheck LibreLane flow, as run by platform.wafer.space. The design was accepted on the newest finished check before it was submitted; later re-runs check the same file with updated rules. KLayout DRC is the sign-off check. Magic DRC is advisory: its count does not stop a design. In the logs, Magic's "Error while reading cell" lines about fill cells are messages from its reader, not check failures.

Data and method

Everything on this page is measured from the public layout; the dates come from the published schedules.

  • Logic cells are standard cell instances, excluding fillers, taps, antenna diodes and tie cells.
  • Transistors are places where gate polysilicon crosses diffusion, not counting dummy fill.
  • Core area is the whole project.
  • Bond pads are the pad openings in the pad ring, or in a second ring of pads inside it for chip-on-board bonding; probe pads are the others, next to the blocks they test. Letters and logos on the pad layer are not pads.
  • Theoretical maximum tiles one cell at its placement boundary with no routing.
  • Densest 0.1 mm square is the best 0.1 mm square anywhere in each die, sliding in 20 µm steps and avoiding SRAM, given per mm².

What is Tiny Tapeout?

Tiny Tapeout is the quickest and cheapest way to get your own design made on a real chip.

Many designs share one Tiny Tapeout chip. Each project gets one or more small tiles, and a multiplexer on the chip connects the one you choose to the pins. Draw your first design in the browser with no experience by following the digital design guide, or write it in Verilog or another HDL; Tiny Tapeout's templates build and check it on GitHub. The chip comes on a demo board that selects your design and drives it.

Tiny Tapeout also runs workshops and supports teaching in universities and schools. Browse every Tiny Tapeout chip and the projects proven in silicon, or read the Tiny Tapeout FAQ.

The Tiny Tapeout demo board, with the socket in the middle where the chip's breakout card plugs in
Tiny Tapeout chips come on a breakout card that plugs into the middle of the demo board. Its RP2350 selects a project and drives its clock; the DIP switches, the seven-segment display and the Pmod headers connect to the project's pins. Render: Tiny Tapeout, tt-demo-pcb, Apache 2.0.

Tiny Tapeout and wafer.space are independent companies that work together (announcement). Tiny Tapeout runs its own shuttles: it takes the projects, builds the die, and sells and supports the chips and boards. wafer.space has the dies manufactured on its GF180MCU runs, and these pages are wafer.space's measurements of them. For anything about a Tiny Tapeout project, chip or order, contact Tiny Tapeout.