Re: [Kicad-developers] OT: Trends in number of on-chip I/Os...

2017-02-14 Thread Jon Evans
Here are some approaches I know about (some of these available in KiCad today, some of them not until tomorrow :-) - Splitting up the part into logical blocks as Mark said - Depending on user preference / company policy, using component attributes to map all power and ground pins rather than show

Re: [Kicad-developers] OT: Trends in number of on-chip I/Os...

2017-02-14 Thread Mark Roszko
You split up the one part into multiple blocks with common functionality grouped the same way you may have a U9A and U9B of a logic IC with two gates. You'll just use quite a few pages ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to

[Kicad-developers] OT: Trends in number of on-chip I/Os...

2017-02-14 Thread Clemens Koller
Hi, just for fun/information from the (german) news: http://www.elektroniknet.de/markt-technik/halbleiter/details-zu-power9-138554.html The Power9 Processor Family has internally 2359 Signals, 7370 Power (10 different voltages) and 9909 Ground-Pins. This is of course (not yet) on board level, b