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

[Neil Johnson]

Yeah it's a pretty poor exchange rate at the moment - you pay an arm and a
leg, but only get an ARM in return.

Neil

On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 at 11:38, <rburnett at richieburnett.co.uk> wrote:

> 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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