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All tools in one place: the Hub's own calculators and utilities, and an index of the tools engineers use across the industry. Usable without sign-in. Sign in to save your inputs and subscribe to MPW shuttle alerts.

Hub utilities

Die per wafer

Gross-die yield off wafer size, die size and edge exclusion.

SoC Specification & ArchitectureFoundry & MaskProduction Ramp & Yield
Yield estimate

Poisson-model gross-die yield from defect density.

SoC Specification & ArchitectureProduction Ramp & Yield
Package / ASIC cost

Parametric per-unit cost: silicon, package, test, NRE.

SoC Specification & ArchitecturePackaging & Test
Chip cost calculator

Full AI-accelerator cost bridge: logic die, HBM, packaging and test.

SoC Specification & Architecture
Packaging model

Compare CoWoS-S, CoWoS-L, EMIB, SoIC and flip-chip cost and HBM-stack support.

Packaging & TestInterposer & Substrate Design
Cost bridge chart

Side-by-side manufacturing cost comparison across AI accelerators.

SoC Specification & Architecture
Price / performance frontier

Compare accelerators on cost, throughput and TCO.

SoC Specification & Architecture
Allocation dashboard

Foundry, CoWoS and HBM allocation status across fabs and process nodes.

Foundry & MaskProduction Ramp & Yield
Tapeout decision workspace

Guided workflow for fabless teams evaluating a tapeout: definition through go/no-go.

Physical Design & Sign-offTape-out
Unit converter

mm, mil, µm, inch, cm: the ones you actually convert between.

Chat with Datasheets

Upload a PDF, ask questions with page citations, extract and compare parameters. Paid plans.

SoC Specification & ArchitectureIP Specification & Architecture
Product type classifier

Classify a change into one of the Hub's ten product types and see its obligations, deliverables and gates.

SoC Specification & Architecture
Design review assistant

Upload a schematic or BOM PDF for a general sanity check: not a substitute for real DRC/ERC tooling. Paid plans.

Bring-up & Silicon Validation
EBITDA calculator

Net income plus interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, with margin.

ROI calculator

Return on investment, plus an annualized rate over a holding period.

CAGR calculator

Compound annual growth rate between a beginning and ending value.

Business case calculator

COGS, ASP, margin, breakeven, NRE payback, NPV/IRR and TAM/SAM/SOM for a semiconductor product: savable, with an AI viability narrative.

SoC Specification & Architecture
Product and project planner

Plan, schedule and track a programme on any Hub lifecycle: Gantt chart with critical path, baselines, RAID log, change control, gate reviews, role reports and MS Project XML export. Paid plans.

SoC Specification & ArchitectureTape-out

Where along the chip lifecycle the utilities help

How many Hub utilities are tagged to each lifecycle stage, in the order the stages run. Select a stage to see its utilities.

Engineering tools

Calculators, worksheets and planners for the work along the chip lifecycles, each on its own page with its method, assumptions and sources. Calculators are free to use; worksheets, checklists, trackers and planners are for members.

Cost and business

Mask, wafer, test and bill of materials costs, sourcing choices and end-of-life buys.

Reliability

Failure rates, stress tests, qualification plans and radiation effects.

Quality statistics

Process capability, measurement systems, control charts and test limits.

Quality worksheets

FMEA, control plans, 8D, traceability and the other records audits ask for.

Safety and security

Functional safety metrics, integrity levels, threat and vulnerability ratings.

Digital and physical design

Power, thermal, area, interconnect and the design records engineers keep.

Analog, RF, photonics and packaging

Converters, RF chains, matching, links and package electrical limits.

Manufacturing, fab and supply

Capacity, equipment, cleanrooms, spares and supply decisions.

AI, systems and startup

AI compute sizing, certification, schedules, pipelines and company finance.

Industry tools index

67 of 4,606 tools, ranked by how many roles use each one. Category and company are a best-effort match on the tool's name, not a hand-curated taxonomy.

Open source only 135Includes the open-source chip-design tools from IIC-OSIC-TOOLS (JKU Linz) and Efabless, each with a description.
Kinaxis RapidResponse 22· KinaxisCamstar MES 14o9 Solutions 10· o9 SolutionsSiliconExpert 9Siemens Opcenter Execution 4· SiemensCamstar or Applied SmartFactory MES 3Siemens Camstar MES 3· SiemensTSMC-Online 3Descartes Visual Compliance 3· DescartesBlue Yonder Planning 2· Blue YonderFoundry Customer Portals such as TSMC-Online 2E2open 1· E2openCimetrix SECS/GEM libraries 1Camstar / MES Reporting 1Zyme or E2open channel data services 1· E2openKinaxis RapidResponse for capacity 1· KinaxisFoundry customer portal (TSMC-Online / Samsung SAFE) 1Camstar MES data extracts 1Kinaxis RapidResponse or similar supply planning tools 1· KinaxisSiemens Opcenter Camstar MES 1· SiemensInternal MES and wafer-tracking systems 1Mask shop MES and equipment automation interfaces 1Blue Yonder Inventory Optimization 1· Blue YonderCamstar MES traceability 1Descartes Global Logistics Network 1· DescartesSECS/GEM equipment interfaces 1Samsung Foundry Customer Portal 1SiliconExpert / Z2Data lifecycle databases 1Camstar or Critical Manufacturing MES Portals 1Reticle management modules in the fab MES 1MES systems and SECS/GEM 1MES and test floor execution systems 1MES and equipment tracking systems 1SECS/GEM host software 1Camstar or Critical Manufacturing MES 1Camline / Applied SmartFactory MES 1Foundry customer portal (TSMC-Online) 1MES and SPC systems 1Descartes / Amber Road Trade Compliance 1· DescartesDescartes Denied Party Screening 1· DescartesMES platforms (Camstar, Applied SmartFactory, Eyelit) 1Amber Road / E2open 1· E2openMES yield data extracts 1Flexport Platform 1Camstar or internal MES data queries 1Descartes or Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Global Trade 1· DescartesCamstar / manufacturing execution systems 1Cimetrix SECS/GEM connectivity toolkits 1Siemens Camstar / AMAT SmartFactory MES data 1· SiemensSiemens Camstar MES data interfaces 1· SiemensSiemens Camstar / IBM SiView MES 1· SiemensMES / fab automation (Applied SmartFactory, Camstar) 1Siemens Camstar MES hold management 1· SiemensSECS/GEM host simulator 1Siemens Camstar for reticle lifecycle 1· SiemensMES and equipment utilisation systems 1Siemens Camstar MES and specification systems 1· SiemensMES and SPC dashboards 1Camstar or Applied SmartFactory MES data 1Silicon Expert / SiliconExpert BOM tools 1
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