google/skywater-pdk resource

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

An open source Process Design Kit (PDK) from Google and SkyWater Technology for the SKY130 130nm semiconductor process node. It provides the libraries, models, and documentation needed to design manufacturable ASICs that can be fabricated at SkyWater's foundry.

Use cases

• design an open source ASIC on the sky130 process node
• run open source EDA flows like OpenROAD against a real foundry PDK
• simulate and verify chip designs before tapeout
• learn digital and analog IC design with a real manufacturable process
• build test chips for silicon validation

When to choose

• you want to design chips using fully open source tools and PDK data
• you need a free, manufacturable 130nm process for test chips or education
• you're building open hardware silicon projects like Tiny Tapeout

When to avoid

• you need a production-guaranteed PDK for commercial tapeout today
• you need advanced nodes below 130nm
• you're doing FPGA or PCB design rather than ASIC design

Facets

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developer-tools simulation documentation hardware developer-tools embedded-systems cross-platform python pdk asic sky130 eda open-source-silicon chip-design foundry

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