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2025-11-28T19:07:12.86+00:00 — Leo Moser (mole99) (@mole99)

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In theory this should be possible (the layer mapping is the same). But I don't think that you are allowed to use the commercial PDK with wafer.space.
You could, however, create a design with proprietary tools and the open source PDK.

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2025-11-28T22:35:46.576+00:00 — Tim 'mithro' Ansell (@mithro_)

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I don't care how you create the GDS. If your GDS is clean by the precheck, then it should be good.

You licensing/legal agreements with proprietary vendors/foundries might cause you issues. I don't provide legal advice, talk to your lawyer 🙂

I also don't know anyone doing this so the likelihood of hitting bugs or edge cases is also very high. We also don't provide any type of support for their tooling.
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2025-11-29T01:12:07.381+00:00 — Evansika (@xintingjiang_36756)

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Thanks !
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