MPW quote before final GDS

Can I Request an MPW Quote Before Final GDS?

Yes. MST can begin an MPW quotation review from non-confidential assumptions before final GDS. Final price, availability and schedule remain supplier-confirmed.

Start with non-confidential assumptions. Keep GDS, PDK files, rule decks and customer IP for the controlled review path.

Can I Request an MPW Quote Before Final GDS?
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Can an MPW quotation review start before final GDS?

Yes. A preliminary MPW quotation review can start before final GDS when the team provides non-confidential process, die-area, sample, packaging, test, timing and project-context assumptions. Exact price, slot, schedule, data handoff and order acceptance still require controlled review and supplier confirmation.

Role-based first brief

What each project owner should prepare

The first review is faster when engineering, program and commercial assumptions describe the same project boundary.

Design engineer

Design engineer

Process family and options, die-area range, PDK/verification status, interfaces and the measurements first silicon must enable.

Tapeout or program owner

Tapeout or program owner

Design-freeze target, schedule pressure, sample and validation plan, package/test boundary and open responsibilities.

Procurement or founder

Procurement or founder

Buying entity, country and end use, budget stage, quantity assumptions, commercial timing and quotation contact.

Prepare

Non-confidential inputs for the first review

  • Target node or node range, process family and acceptable alternatives.
  • Rough die-area range, prototype purpose and sample target.
  • Package, wafer-probe, final-test and characterization assumptions.
  • Target quarter or milestone, customer country/region and end-use context.
  • Current entity, NDA, PDK, DRC/LVS and design-readiness status.
Hold back

Keep public intake non-confidential

Do not send GDS, OASIS, RTL, netlists, source code, PDK files, rule decks, proprietary schematics or confidential customer IP through public forms.

Route

What MST reviews next

MST screens process fit, missing inputs, NDA/PDK path, package/probe/test scope, country and end-use context, then coordinates the capacity enquiry and formal RFQ path.

Boundary

No public price, slot or capacity guarantee

Final capacity, route, quotation, availability, schedule, documents, logistics and order acceptance are confirmed only after fab-facing review.

How to use this page

Use this page to prepare a non-confidential capacity enquiry before controlled technical exchange begins. It is not a public price list, a capacity promise or a design-data upload page.

Recommended next step

Send node, process family, die estimate, samples, package/test assumptions, target timing, country/end use and NDA/PDK status. MST will turn them into a reviewable fab-facing brief.

Related MPW answers

Other practical MPW questions

Use these short answer pages when a customer or AI assistant asks for the first safe step.

MPW schedule review

What should I prepare before asking for MPW schedule review?

A useful schedule-review request explains what silicon route is being considered and why the timing matters. MST can then screen missing data, process fit, partner questions and the next review path without publishing supplier deadlines or prices.

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HHGrace (Hua Hong / 华虹) MPW agent

How can an overseas team enquire about HHGrace MPW capacity?

When a fab does not accept a project directly, an overseas team can use MST as the HHGrace MPW agent entry for a capacity enquiry. MST prepares the non-confidential brief, checks missing commercial and technical inputs, and coordinates the request toward fab review. Actual capacity, process eligibility, slot, schedule, PDK path, price and acceptance are confirmed case by case by the fab and formal quotation path.

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