MST Industrial Store Is Live: RFQ-Based Sourcing and Mature-Node MPW Tapeout Coordination
MST 把 MPW 作为专门面向 RFQ 协调的路径：先准备节点、工艺家族、die 面积、封装、测试、时间线和最终用途，再确认 PDK、NDA、排期与伙伴匹配，设计 IP 不应在首轮 intake 阶段交换。
答案先行
MST 把 MPW 作为专门面向 RFQ 协调的路径：先准备节点、工艺家族、die 面积、封装、测试、时间线和最终用途，再确认 PDK、NDA、排期与伙伴匹配，设计 IP 不应在首轮 intake 阶段交换。
- 在向 MST 请求伙伴确认后的下一步之前，先用本文准备一版非保密首轮 brief。
- 在 NDA 和评审路径确认前，不要把设计 IP、客户 rulepack 或受控文件放入公开表单。
- 如需确认准确范围，请通过对应 MST 页面发送简短 RFQ 或工程评审请求。
原文标题: MST Industrial Store Is Live: RFQ-Based Sourcing and Mature-Node MPW Tapeout Coordination
- →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.
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:
- Industrial products and SKUs for RFQ-based sourcing of power, thermal, connector, electrical, and sensor-related items.
- Mature-node MPW tapeout coordination RFQ for high-level semiconductor prototyping and shuttle-fit screening.
- Drawing, BOM, substitution, and order-follow-up services when the requirement is not a standard product page.
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 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 suitable manufacturing, shuttle, packaging, or test resources.
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.
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