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vibe-ic (vibeic)VerificationConfidence: Medium

vibe-ic's ESD-presence classifier decides from cell-name tokens only (clamp/gpiov2/hvc/lvc/esd): no GF180 IO cell carries those tokens, so a whole gf180mcu pad ring is reported ESD MISSING even though the PDK's own netlist shows integral ESD devices on the PAD net. A false MISSING trains reviewers to ignore the row.

Impact Analysis

Persona
Electrical Engineer
Team Size Impact
5x Multiplier
Prototype Delay
2 Days
Est. Annual Cost
$18,000
  • 1 user · 1 month180 min
  • Rest of team720 min
  • Rest of year9,900 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $18k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources
vibeic/vibe-ic issue #3311: PERC ESD-presence classifier is name-token only: gf180mcu_fd_io pads falsely reported ESD MISSING
github.com
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Analyst Notes

From the Grok ProductFlo pain-radar digest, Oct 20 2026. Verified live 2026-10-20: full issue read with PDK netlist evidence (drain-SAB ESD transistor on the PAD net, RC-triggered rail clamp); proposed fix classifies from the IO library netlist.