Tiny Tapeout GF 26a · Die T26A on wafer.space Run 2

8-bit RISC CPU

354 · RISC-V and CPUs · 1 × 2 tiles

by Jan Kozina

Rendered from the layout at 0.33 µm per pixel. Layers: NwellDiffusionPolysiliconMetal 1Metal 2Metal 3Metal 4Metal 5Top metalPad openings

Logic density

Core average
logic cells per mm²
15k (20% of buffer maximum)
Densest 0.1 mm square
logic cells per mm²
33k (44% of buffer maximum)
Core covered by logic43%
Transistor density
transistors per mm²
258k average, 311k in the 0.1 mm square with the most logic cells

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

8-bit RISC CPU with ALU, registers, data memory and external 16-bit instructions

Size347 × 325 µm (0.113 mm²)
Macrott_um_8bit_risc_cpu
Filesdocumentation · licence · layout and netlist in Tiny Tapeout GF 26a
Tiles1 × 2 at column 5, row 14 of the tile grid
Mux address354
LanguageVerilog
Clock5 MHz
Built withLibreLane 3.0.3, open_pdks 54435919abff
Transistors29,828
Logic cells1,728 + 3,500 filler and tap cells
Libraries 7t-5V (2k)
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 project's area splits between logic cells, filler and tap cells and other.

43%
51%
  • Logic cells 0.05 mm² (43%)
  • Filler and tap cells 0.06 mm² (51%)
  • Other 0.01 mm² (7%)

Most used cells

The ten standard cells this design uses most.

CellLibraryInstancesWhat it does
nand2_17t-5V 2242-input NAND gate
dffrnq_17t-5V 200D flip-flop with reset
oai21_17t-5V 169OR-AND-Invert compound gate
dlyb_17t-5V 139Delay buffer
nor2_17t-5V 1322-input NOR gate
aoi21_17t-5V 120AND-OR-Invert compound gate
buf_27t-5V 72Buffer (2x drive)
clkinv_17t-5V 61Clock inverter
clkbuf_27t-5V 60Clock buffer (2x drive)
aoi22_17t-5V 54AND-OR-Invert (2x2 inputs)

Logic density map

0 logic cells, 2,031 transistors 73 logic cells, 2,396 transistors 153 logic cells, 2,649 transistors 45 logic cells, 1,057 transistors 4 logic cells, 2,129 transistors 172 logic cells, 2,845 transistors 267 logic cells, 3,171 transistors 93 logic cells, 1,254 transistors 97 logic cells, 2,449 transistors 241 logic cells, 3,218 transistors 292 logic cells, 3,150 transistors 109 logic cells, 1,325 transistors 17 logic cells, 500 transistors 61 logic cells, 675 transistors 80 logic cells, 698 transistors 24 logic cells, 281 transistors Densest SRAM-free 0.1 mm square: 331 logic cells 0 7k 15k <1k 17k 27k 10k 24k 29k

Logic cells per mm² in each 0.1 mm square of the project (counted in the square, scaled up to a mm²). Hatched outlines are SRAM macros; the red outline is the densest 0.1 mm square that avoids them (33k logic cells per mm²), found by sliding a 0.1 mm square over the project in 20 µm 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.

Want your own design on a chip like this one?

Start with a tile: the next Tiny Tapeout GF180MCU chips take projects until 7 December 2026, for wafer.space Run 3. For a die of your own, wafer.space Run 3 takes orders until 9 December 2026.

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.