Foundry | Manufacturing stages
The stages from a settled design through submitting the manufacturing data and the foundry’s review to receiving the chips. It covers the handover through to delivery, not the design itself.
Design data meeting the design rules
Receipt of the manufactured chips
Proceeds in line with the conditions of the target foundry and run.
Conformance to the design rules, and consistency with the submission format
The contents of the submission, and an inventory of the items to be confirmed
Responding to points raised by the foundry
The target platform, the manufacturing route and the scope of the PDK are all fixed before this stage begins. How design and simulation proceed is covered under Solutions.
From submission to delivery
The deliverables and the items checked differ by foundry. We confirm with you in advance what has to be ready and by when.
Putting the manufacturing data into the specified format.
Confirming conformance to the design rules and the submission requirements.
The foundry checks the submitted data and the required items.
Correcting anything raised and resubmitting.
Manufacture on the schedule of the run, and receipt of the chips.
Submission requirements, the items checked and the schedule differ by foundry and by run. Please contact us for the current conditions.
Design environment
From analysis and simulation to preparing manufacturing data, we support the design process through the same point of contact as the software.
August 28, 2026
We will take you from checking the deliverables through to joining a run.