Key Takeaways
  • →Why MPW coordination belongs in an industrial RFQ workflow
  • →What MST can help screen
  • →What not to upload
  • →Cross-border sourcing, documents, and follow-up
  • →Start with an RFQ

MST Industrial Store is now live for overseas industrial buyers who need a more structured way to source industrial parts, submit RFQs, and coordinate early-stage semiconductor prototyping requirements.

▶ Key Numbers
80%
fewer trial wafers with Smart DOE
$5,000
typical cost per test wafer
70%
reduction in FDC false alarms
<50ms
run-to-run control latency

The store is not designed as a simple “add to cart and pay” retail site. For industrial sourcing, the real work usually starts after the first requirement is submitted: confirming specifications, certificates, substitute options, lead time, export documents, packing needs, and delivery terms. MST Industrial Store is built around that RFQ workflow.

Buyers can now start from three entry points:

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Why MPW coordination belongs in an industrial RFQ workflow

Multi-project wafer, or MPW, services are commonly used to reduce prototype silicon cost by sharing wafer or mask resources across multiple designs. Public MPW programs and service platforms such as EUROPRACTICE, MOSIS 2.0, and GlobalFoundries MPW describe this model as a practical route for prototype fabrication, process access, and shuttle-based validation.

But for many overseas buyers, the difficult part is not understanding the acronym. The difficult part is knowing whether a request is ready to be routed, which process family might fit, what information is safe to share at the RFQ stage, and which items must wait until an NDA, PDK path, or partner confirmation is in place.

MST’s MPW entry is therefore positioned as a coordination RFQ, not an automated tapeout commitment. We screen the request, identify missing readiness items, and then route qualified requests for human confirmation with an appropriate foundry, shuttle, packaging, or test partner.

What MST can help screen

The current MPW RFQ is focused on mature-node and specialty-process directions where early process-fit screening matters. Typical screening areas include:

  • MPW or shuttle feasibility for prototype silicon.
  • eNVM / embedded flash and MCU-related requirements.
  • BCD, power-management, and high-voltage mixed-signal requirements.
  • Analog, mixed-signal, RF, and sensor-related process-fit questions.
  • Packaging, assembly, test-board, sample-count, and delivery expectations.
  • PDK / NDA access path and tapeout readiness gaps.

At the first RFQ stage, MST only asks for high-level requirements: target node or process family, design type, estimated die area, target tapeout window, package/test needs, sample expectations, country or region, customer type, and end-use context.

What not to upload

The MPW RFQ form is intentionally conservative. Buyers should not upload GDS, OASIS, netlists, RTL, source code, scripts, proprietary design IP, or export-controlled technical files into the initial RFQ workflow.

That boundary is important. Initial qualification can usually be done from high-level information. Confidential design files and PDK-specific material should only move through the correct NDA, partner, and compliance path.

Cross-border sourcing, documents, and follow-up

The same store also supports industrial product RFQs. For standard or semi-standard products, MST’s operations team can coordinate supplier confirmation, certificate checks, substitute review, packing details, export documents, and buyer-side follow-up.

For overseas buyers, the RFQ cart is designed to capture the practical information that operations needs without forcing the buyer to become a customs expert. Buyers can select destination, use case, document needs, delivery preference, and remarks; MST then follows up on the detailed commercial invoice, HS code, certificate, packing, and logistics requirements during quotation and fulfillment.

Start with an RFQ

To begin, visit MST Industrial Store or go directly to the Mature-node MPW tapeout coordination RFQ.

The first version is deliberately manual-first. That is the right shape for early B2B industrial commerce: capture real intent, review the requirement carefully, and move only qualified requests into quotation, payment, logistics, and documentation.