Software folks don't get chip making: AlphaChip is just the tip of the iceberg
saranormous · x · 2026-08-26
A software engineer points out the gap in understanding hardware manufacturing. Emulators are room-sized FPGA machines that run chips at near-real speeds for pre-tapeout debugging. While AlphaChip is exciting for floorplanning, it's a small fraction of the full chip design workflow.
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