IPL group releases PDK standard

What's next? Under this framework, OpenPDK will base its PDK technology on the OpenAcess database. It will also use several of the components developed by IPL: OA schematic symbols, component description format (CDF) and callbacks. For its part, Si2 will attempt to get the industry to develop standards around several other components: Spice models, tech files and DRC/LVS/LPE. [more]