Who are the lead developers of KiCAD who take that decision? I think already KiCAD might be able to do this thing. The only thing not implemented is that of exporting an edif file. Thanking you Sagar Acharya https://designman.org
22 Apr 2023, 17:39 by [email protected]: > Hi Sagar, > > There is definitely interest in including chip design capability in KiCad, > when that happens really depends on a lot of factors. I'm not familiar with > the code listed below, but a good start to getting a feature like this into > KiCad would be to ensure all of the code in the list below is packaged for > all the platforms supported by KiCad[1]. Once that hurdle is cleared, we > would need to write a design document about how we would integrate support > for chip design into KiCad. After the lead development team agrees on the > design document, then we could actually start any implementation as manpower > becomes available. > > Cheers, > > Wayne > > [1]: https://www.kicad.org/help/system-requirements/ > > On 4/19/23 2:24 PM, 'Sagar Acharya' via KiCad Developers wrote: > >> For this purpose in free software, there are a few softwares like >> >> magic VLSI & >> gdspy & >> gdstk & >> skywater-pdk >> Thanking you >> Sagar Acharya >> https://designman.org >> >> >> >> 19 Apr 2023, 23:51 by [email protected]: >> >>> Respected devs, >>> >>> I was exploring into chip designs and except the aspects of automation of >>> placement and routing and testing for logic, at the end, semiconductor chip >>> design is extremely similar to designing a board. >>> >>> It consists of a bunch of blocks for different Si layers, oxide layers, >>> metal layers, etc. which in my view is already supported in kicad. If the >>> grid size is set to be of order of lambda, a parameter in chip design, say >>> like 40nm, an output of oasis file/edif file can result in a complete EDA. >>> >>> I welcome your thoughts on this. >>> >>> Thanking you >>> Sagar Acharya >>> https://designman.org >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "KiCad Developers" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/823381a9-cccf-a15d-8fe3-08514016b98c%40gmail.com. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "KiCad Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/kicad.org/d/msgid/devlist/NTiWi5Z--3-9%40tutanota.com.
