Actborne

siliconmind

Pre-launch, Harden the flow (pre-silicon)

Particulars

Registered file
company/siliconmind/company.yaml
Purpose
siliconmind, an AI-native chip-design house.
Declared stage
Pre-launch. Declared by the company file; no public evidence yet.
Demonstrated capability
None published.
Next useful step
Nothing public to try yet. To ask about this company, write to hello@actborne.com
Commercial site
None listed in the company file.
Current phase
Harden the flow (pre-silicon)
Purpose of this phase
Deploy the API to staging; fix the partially-broken core flow; run an end-to-end DRY-RUN (spec → RTL → synth → P&R → signoff → clean GDS on Sky130) with the DRC/LVS gate BLOCKING a deliberately-dirty GDS, and ZERO unsigned-off tapeout attempts. No real money, no shuttle.

Principles

  1. Article 1

    A design is a falsifiable claim. Every Design ships with a predicted PPA (power/performance/area) and a calibrated confidence.

  2. Article 2

    Silicon is the only proof. Success is a fabricated chip passing bring-up, never a clean signoff report or a passing simulation.

  3. Article 3

    The signoff is ours and non-negotiable. Every GDS is DRC+LVS-clean by siliconmind's own signoff before it leaves for a foundry.

  4. Article 4

    A non-clean GDS never tapes out. A shuttle slot is real money and months of latency; the DRC/LVS gate is the comparator.

Standing refusals

  • We will not submit a GDS to any foundry or shuttle without a passing, siliconmind-run DRC+LVS signoff (100% clean)

    Clean-before-tapeout is the hard gate that defines siliconmind; bound by metrics.drc_lvs_clean_gds_rate (== 1.0) + unsigned_off_tapeout_attempts (== 0).

  • We will not design, optimize, broker, or tape out export-controlled or weapons-system silicon (EAR/ITAR/Wassenaar dual-use)

    No campaign, customer, or price clears a controlled design. There is no approval path.

  • We will not incorporate third-party IP we are not licensed for, nor reverse-engineer a competitor's netlist or GDS

    IP integrity is the trust contract with every customer. A flow that launders unlicensed IP is uninsurable and unsellable.

Extract of the file

company/siliconmind/company.yaml excerpt
  1. metadata:
  2. name: siliconmind
  4. identity:
  5. principles:
  6. - A design is a falsifiable claim. Every
  7. Design ships with a predicted PPA
  8. (power/performance/area) and a
  9. calibrated confidence.
  10. - Silicon is the only proof. Success is a
  11. fabricated chip passing bring-up, never
  12. a clean signoff report or a passing
  13. simulation.
  15. lifecycle:
  16. current_phase: phase_0_harden_flow # Harden the flow (pre-silicon)