Is Your Multi-Project Wafer Project Smaller Than the Fab Minimum Area?
Share the minimum area with other MPW customers to save mask costs
With the cost of mask sets going up with every node, even a multi-project wafer (MPW) can break your NRE budget, particularly if you plan to run multiple test spins. At 28nm, a 6mm2 area tile can cost over $100,000.
One solution is to share the minimum tile area with someone else who is using the same technology and metal stack that you are targeting. We periodically get these kinds of requests from customers. Please contact directly star@esilicon.com if you would like eSilicon to list your own MPW shuttle sharing opportunity, or if you would like eSilicon to contact you when future MPW tile sharing opportunities are available.
Following are upcoming opportunities to share a multi-project wafer (MPW) tapeout with another eSilicon customer. If you are interested, just email eSilicon.
Multi-Project
Wafer Minimum Tile Sharing Opportunities for TSMC
Technologies
| Tapeout Month |
Technology | Metal Stack | I/O | Price/mm2 | Minimum Area |
Final GDSII Due |
Tapeout Date |
Estimated Ship Date |
| October | 65nm MS RF GP | 1P9M_6x1z1u | 2.5V | $4,700 | 1mm2 | October 10 | October 12 | November 23 |
| 65nm MS RF LP | 1P9M_6x1z1u | 2.5V | $4,700 | 1mm2 | October 10 | October 12 | November 23 | |
| 180nm MS RF G | 1P6M_4x1u | 3.3V | $1,000 | 5mm2 | October 24 | October 26 | December 7 | |
| November | 40nm MS RF LP | 1P10M | 1.8V | $7,500 | 1mm2 | October 31 | November 2 | January 17 |
