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

Balanced Ternary Multiplier

578 · Other digital · 1 × 1 tile

by Serge Rabyking

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
26k (34% of buffer maximum)
Densest 0.1 mm square
logic cells per mm²
31k (40% of buffer maximum)
Core covered by logic71%
Transistor density
transistors per mm²
294k average, 321k 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.

Serial balanced-ternary multiplier: two 8-bit signed in, 16-bit signed out

Size347 × 161 µm (0.056 mm²)
Macrott_um_ttmul
Filesdocumentation · licence · layout and netlist in Tiny Tapeout GF 26a
Tiles1 × 1 at column 5, row 1 of the tile grid
Mux address578
LanguageAmaranth
Clock50 MHz
Built withLibreLane 3.0.3, open_pdks 54435919abff
Transistors16,453
Logic cells1,452 + 1,780 filler and tap cells
Libraries 7t-5V (1k)
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.

71%
22%
  • Logic cells 0.04 mm² (71%)
  • Filler and tap cells 0.01 mm² (22%)
  • Other 4,033 µm² (7%)

Most used cells

The ten standard cells this design uses most.

CellLibraryInstancesWhat it does
dffq_17t-5V 177D flip-flop (1 bit storage)
aoi21_17t-5V 146AND-OR-Invert compound gate
nand2_17t-5V 1392-input NAND gate
oai21_17t-5V 133OR-AND-Invert compound gate
clkinv_17t-5V 124Clock inverter
nor2_17t-5V 1002-input NOR gate
dlyb_17t-5V 46Delay buffer
nand3_17t-5V 443-input NAND gate
nand4_17t-5V 404-input NAND gate
xor2_17t-5V 372-input XOR gate

Logic density map

250 logic cells, 2,929 transistors 269 logic cells, 3,095 transistors 282 logic cells, 3,059 transistors 114 logic cells, 1,316 transistors 160 logic cells, 1,706 transistors 157 logic cells, 1,747 transistors 161 logic cells, 1,785 transistors 59 logic cells, 816 transistors Densest SRAM-free 0.1 mm square: 307 logic cells 25k 27k 28k 16k 16k 16k

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 (31k 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.

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