Tapeout
The term “tape out” was coined in 70’s. Historically, the ASIC design files were stored on magnetic tape. The event of carrying out the tape to the foundry was thus called “tape out”.
Adapted from https://anysilicon.com/semipedia/tape/
The term “tape out” was coined in 70’s. Historically, the ASIC design files were stored on magnetic tape. The event of carrying out the tape to the foundry was thus called “tape out”.
Adapted from https://anysilicon.com/semipedia/tape/