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as well as address any timing issues. Projects selected for the shuttle have been marked on the Efabless platform as ‘Accepted’ on the Shuttle Management page. The next shuttle,

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Thank you @Sara N. Could you confirm that MPW 8 will include ReRAM pls? Just checking as on the platform it shows as SKY130A.

Yes, it does Andrea.

Hi @Sara N, may I ask you to possibly elaborate on “as well as any timing issues” by helping me to find the relevant Efabless announcement item. What does it mean and how can the Efabless team check that the user addressed any timing issues? It would be a pity if my project, which is in Efabless review stage right now, doesn’t make it to the lottery, only because I miss the relevant Efabless announcement. Thanks a lot, Tobias

Hi Tobias, as of now 'announcement ' is our community's communication. We also reach out to users within the platform messaging. You can reach out to @jeffdi if you have any concern about your current submission.

@Sara N My question wasn’t clear. What I was trying to ask was, do we have to submit top-level STA results to demonstrate that we cleared “any timing issues”, and if so, has it been announced somewhere? Anybody in the community would be interested in this clarification, but I guess I just missed an item of an announcement.

I don't think if you need to do so, Tobias. You may want to confirm that with @jeffdi as well.

Hi, I wished to ask, will there be an Mpw-9 shuttle anytime soon? Also, if so, will it include ReRam?

@Matthew Guthaus ^

Thanks. Does @Sara N work for efabless? This seems pretty "unofficial". Will the platform be updated? I'd hate to wait a year for chips and find there's no reram.

@Matthew Guthaus sorry Matt, i totally missed your message, just saw it! I see MPW-8 node is listed as Sky130B on our docs.

@Sara N I confirmed with some other people that we tape out with sky130A but then they just submit it as sky130B. This means that the metal stack extraction is a bit off, but it is what it is.