Sample release and Mass-Production
Once the user project is completed, the RTL (or the FPGA database) is released to ST who will start the customization flow.
In details, it implicates:
1. SYNTHESIS and PLACE & ROUTE (2 weeks)
2. Sign-Off and SIMULATION (2 weeks). Only after the sign off by the customer, ST proceeds in the customization flow
3. After 4 weeks the customer gets samples.
If the customer is satisfied with his project,
a mask making database is released for the last
steep: MANUFACTURING ASSY and TEST; it takes
other 3 weeks. Otherwise, if he wants to modify
something, the customer can buy a further customization.
