How confident of shipping to customers are you if you have not taped out yet.
Very confident.
We are currently conducting a mock tapeout, and have already sent our GDS-II to the fab.
We are very very close to final tapeout.
-John
What does that mean? I thought "tapeout" just meant sending files to the fab. What actually happens in a "mock tapeout"? Do they just check for problems or something?
I don't doubt that you'll get your chip on time... I'm just curious about what the actual process entails.