The Platform for Bringing Your Custom Chip Ideas to Life
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chipIgnite - ASIC Design Platform
- 41 Interest
- 23 Planned
- 9 Reserved
- 5 Committed
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Rapid Prototyping
Delivers quick and affordable prototyping and small-batch manufacturing.
- Development based on open-source tools
- Reference designs and automated design flows
- Limited expertise needed
- Large design community
Education
Hands-on chip design experience for students & attracting new talent.
- Open-source PDK, no legal agreements
- Collaboration across teams and organizations
- Design flows that enable accelerated learning and rapid research development
Product Developers
Lowers the barrier to creating intelligent systems by eliminating the need for design expertise or initial capital.
- Cost-effective fabrication
- Access to open-source technology
- Large, collaborative design community
- Ideal for prototyping and production
Chip Design, Fabrication and Bring-up for Product Companies
$14,950 per tapeout
The chipIgnite offering includes:
- Pre-built SoC design with RISC-V subsystem and peripherals
- Up to 15mm² of die space with a standard I/O ring
- 38 fully-configurable I/Os supporting both digital and analog signaling
- Option of 100 QFN-packaged parts or Bare Die
- Plug and play development board with software support
- Complete RTL-to-GDSII Open Source design flow
chipDiscover
Ideal for students, makers, university courses, or anyone curious about chip design. Contact Us to Learn More
The chipDiscover Kit includes:
- FPGA-base development board
- Jump Starter documentations and online guides
- Free access to design tools for implementing your project.
- Option to manufacture your project with Tiny Tapeout
- Digital Datasheet & Testing Instructions
- Open-source PDK, no legal agreements
Accelerated Design Leverage proven reference designs and automated flows to go from idea to implementation—fast.
Rapid Prototyping Move from concept to chip in weeks—not months—thanks to our streamlined development and tapeout
Cost-Effective Save significantly compared to traditional ASIC development paths with our accessible, transparent pricing.
Undergraduate and Graduate Courses Provide tapeout and fabrication of student projects. Get silicon back in the following session so students can bring-up and test their projects.
Capstone projects Support undergraduate capstone projects with silicon fabrication. Students can demonstrate their projects with working implementations.
Graduate research Support graduate research and publications demonstrating results from fabricated designs.
| CI2605 | CI2609 | CI2612 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Samples | 100 QFN | 100 QFN | 100 QFN |
| Evaluation Board | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Commitment Date | March 18, 2026 | July 18, 2026 | October 8, 2026 |
| Tapeout Date | May 20, 2026 | September 16, 2026 | December 7, 2026 |
| Delivery Date | November 4, 2026 | March 3, 2027 | May 25, 2027 |
| Bare Die Option | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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