Volare is a Python package intended to manage PDKs supported by OpenPDKs. It is used by DFFRAM and other projects.
In the future it probably is supposed to handle other PDKs as well, but as of 2022 only the Skywater PDK from Google is available.
The following is a brief overview of how to use volare.
Tag: pdk
For a while now Google has been collaborating with SkyWater Technology to create what many refer to as free and open source silicon (FOSSi). The project gained traction in 2020 and is continuing to gain momentum.
The proclaimed goal is to bring chip design to the masses and enable everyone from academia, industry and makers to create their own computer chips. If this plan succeeds it would mean a considerable shift in the chip industry which traditionally is very secretive and dominated by just a few big corporations and their partners, connected by a opaque web of interdependencies. (Surely Google counts as the underdog in comparison *cough*)
