[sdiy] Can google's free* 180nm OSHW foundry be used for synth parts?

[rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk]

To be honest I would just be happy to be able to get ARM chips in volume 
these days! ;-)

-Richie,


On 2022-08-08 10:57, mark verbos via Synth-diy wrote:
> In the future we will all have a toaster sized device that can print
> out an Andromeda ASIC!
> 
>> On Aug 7, 2022, at 10:56 PM, Mattias Rickardsson <mr at analogue.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Being open source, replacement chips could be made by anyone. ;-)
>> 
>> Den sön 7 aug. 2022 22:32Peter Pearson <electrocontinuo at gmail.com>
>> skrev:
>> 
>> Idk, personally that just kind of sounds like a repair nightmare in
>> the not too distant future.  Unobtainable voice chip ASICs for the
>> Alesis Andromeda all over again.
>> 
>> On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 4:10 PM Mattias Rickardsson <mr at analogue.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Peter Pearson via Synth-diy skrev:
>> 
>> If you want a synth on a chip, why not just buy an AS3394?  They
>> already exist, sound fine, and you won't break the bank
>> 
>> Given that the chips are mainly for logic duties, I'd almost expect
>> a "synth on a chip" in this case to include not only analog parts
>> but also the surrounding digital control, CV generation,
>> multiplexers, and possibly also some processing power. Would be nice
>> for a change to have 1 chip on the analog side of the board instead
>> of 2000+.  :-)
>> 
>> /mr
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