klayout-pex (iic-jku)VerificationConfidence: Medium

A KLayout-PEX run succeeded while a device dropped out of the extracted netlist, because the PEX and LVS decks had drifted apart and unrecognized device shapes extracted as plain wiring.

Impact Analysis

Persona

Hardware Engineer

Team Size Impact

5x Multiplier

Prototype Delay

3 Days

Est. Annual Cost

$30,000

1 user · 1 month240 min
Rest of team960 min
Rest of year13,200 min

monthly_minutes × 12 × team_multiplier ÷ 60 × $75/hr = $30k/yr

$75/hr assumed rate.

Annual team-minutes decomposed from the reported monthly inputs.

Evidence & Sources

1 Sources

iic-jku/klayout-pex Issue #345: kpex --check: compare device totals per class with --schematic

github.com

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Analyst Notes

From the Grok pain-radar digests, Oct 27-28 2026 (Oct 27 8:41 AM ET through Oct 28 7:41 AM ET digests plus the Haitch editions). Verified live 2026-10-28: issue/PR/thread read; title and state confirmed.