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For getting into LibreSilicon we like to compile some information for you.
We are developing on github.com, all information is there.
----------- THE PROCESS -----------
The repository for the technology, means how to make structures on Silicon, you'll find under
https://github.com/libresilicon/process
Well, this repository is Work-in-Progress. The steps we are doing in the HKUST clean room you'll find under
process_mplementations > hkust
in the process_hkust.pdf file. Every single step in long tables down to the machines.
Please note, the numbers on the top left - this layer numbers are the same as in the GDS2 files for the Test Wafer.
-------------- THE TEST WAFER --------------
A second (also important) repository for the Test Wafer (called PearlRiver) you'll find under
https://github.com/chipforge/PearlRiver
This repository is Work-in-Progress also. While we worked out the test structures on the wafer with a tool called Magic (originaly http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic) which we patched (patch https://github.com/libresilicon/magic-8.2) you should install Magic also to be show the structures graphical in a GUI.
https://github.com/libresilicon/PearlRiver
is a fork of the repository above.
Under > Documentation > LaTeX you'll find the (still incomplete) documentation of all test structures which are located under > Library > magic
This test structures are grouped together in tables and other forms which you'll see under > Layout > magic
The README.md on top of the repository gives a help how to open the magic files.
Since Magic is not the format foundries (and mask makers) usually understood, we deliver the common GDS2 files. This file format has the same role as Gerber for PCB designs.
For viewing GDS2 file we recommend KLayout (https://klayout.de). This GDS viewer displays the layer just as numbers (which btw. the same as in the HKUST implementation document).
------------ MAILING LIST ------------
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Your LibreSilicon Team.