WonderPhi Universal Permanent Driver
Publicly online since 2010 · U.S. patent applications since 2012 · inventions offered since 2014. The work of Christopher Gabriel Brown, independently documented.
WonderPhi Universal Permanent Driver — WonderPhi Universal Permanent DriverThe permanent, constitutional driver for all 142 AutoPhi IC designs.
- What you receive: a blueprint package — design documents as an instant digital download.
- License: evaluation use; all intellectual property retained by CRI-ONE.
- Want everything? The complete engineering write-up is under Full details.
WonderPhi Universal Permanent Driver
The permanent, constitutional driver for all 142 AutoPhi IC designs. Three layers (hardware RTL, firmware, host software), four interfaces (SPI, I2C, UART, AutoPhi Bus), AES-256 encryption, self-healing watchdog, interface failover, and the 10 Commandments -- immutable code law enforced in silicon, firmware, and software. 34 source files. Version 1.0.0 forever.
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Extended catalog & full narrative — WonderPhi Universal Permanent Driver
The extended dossier appended from the 2026-08-05 catalog snapshot. Prices in the body copy have been stripped; the live-store price on this page is the authoritative figure. Images have been omitted.
Easy Setup — No Package Manager, No Account, No Cloud
Downloads immediately at checkout as an AES-256 encrypted archive. Unlock with 7-Zip, WinRAR, or macOS Archive Utility using the password shown at checkout. No installer, no runtime dependencies — just the raw generator files.
WonderPhi Universal Permanent Driver — the signed, frozen GDSII generator
A one-time-purchase, permanently-licensed generator for integrated-circuit layouts (GDSII format). Signed and frozen — the copy you download today produces the same output byte-for-byte in twenty years. No annual license, no vendor-management overhead, no cloud dependency, no phone-home token server.
Why this exists
EDA (electronic-design-automation) software has a business model that treats every IC design team as a subscription cost center: annual seat licenses, floating token servers, vendor lock-in, and the constant risk that a license expiry mid-tapeout kills the schedule.
This is the opposite. One-time purchase. Signed archive. Hash-verified. The exact bits you download will keep working long after Cadence has been through three ownership changes.
What it is, in plain English
A small, self-contained program that emits GDSII files — the industry-standard file format for describing where every rectangle, wire, and via of an integrated-circuit layout goes. You feed it a description (either your own scripted design, or one of the parameterized cell generators it ships with); it emits a valid, DRC-passing, LVS-checkable GDSII file. That's what a foundry or a synthesis flow eats.
It does one thing, well, forever. It does not update. It does not phone home. It ships as a signed archive so you can verify the bytes have not been tampered with. Twenty years from now, the file you download today will still produce identical output.
How you use it
- Unlock the archive. The download is AES-256-encrypted; the password is displayed at checkout. Extract with 7-Zip, WinRAR, or macOS Archive Utility.
- Verify the signature. The archive ships with a detached PGP signature. Verify it against the published public key — the archive is authentic.
- Run. The generator is a single executable that reads a small text spec and writes a GDSII file. No install step; no license daemon; no seat token; no cloud round-trip.
Worked example
A simplified spec — place three metal-1 tracks with two vias, emit a valid GDSII:
# spec.txt LAYER 1 METAL1 LAYER 2 VIA LAYER 3 METAL2 # horizontal track on M1 RECT M1 (0,0) (100,2) RECT M1 (0,10) (100,12) RECT M1 (0,20) (100,22) # via up to M2 VIA V1 (50,1) VIA V1 (50,11)
Run:
cd-gdsii-generator spec.txt output.gds # writes output.gds, ready for DRC / foundry submission
Verified capabilities
Runs on a standard workstation. Verified against SkyWater's open-PDK DRC deck:
- Signed archive. Detached PGP signature ships alongside; verify the download hasn't been tampered with in transit.
- Deterministic output. Same spec + same version = same GDSII file, byte-for-byte, forever.
- Frozen release. Version 1.0.0 is the only version. No update path, no update risk. What you buy today keeps working identically.
- DRC / LVS friendly. Emits standard GDSII that passes Magic / KLayout / OpenRule check-scripts unchanged.
Every claim is testable on your own machine using the sample plans in the download.
Under the hood
The generator is a single frozen executable produced from a hand-written C++ core. The spec-file parser and the GDSII emitter are the entire product — ~4,000 lines total. No plugin system, no scripting engine, no runtime dependency beyond what the OS provides.
- C++ core, statically linked. No shared-library rot. Runs on any Windows / Linux / macOS box old enough to have libc.
- Reads plain-text spec, writes GDSII. No proprietary schema database. If you can write a shell script that emits a spec file, you can drive the generator from Make / Bazel / CI.
- Signed archive. Every download's signature can be verified against the public key at cri-one.com. Tampering is detectable.
- Never phones home. No license daemon, no token server, no auto-update, no telemetry.
How it compares to the alternative
| Aspect | The typical alternative | This product |
|---|---|---|
| Business model | Annual license, per seat, per year | One-time purchase, single organization, forever |
| License daemon | Floating token server, network round-trip per invocation | None |
| Update model | Yearly release with new file format quirks | Frozen. Version 1.0.0 forever. Same output in 20 years. |
| Airgap-friendly | Requires token check-in | Works on an air-gapped machine |
| Signature verification | Vendor's word | Detached PGP signature you verify yourself |
| Cost | $$$/seat/year | once, keep forever |
What you need
- Any Windows / macOS / Linux workstation (statically-linked binary; no runtime deps beyond libc).
- 7-Zip / WinRAR / macOS Archive Utility to unlock the AES-256 archive with the password shown at checkout.
- Optional:
gpgto verify the detached PGP signature against the public key at cri-one.com.
What's in the download
cd-gdsii-generator(or.exe) — the statically-linked generator binarycd-gdsii-generator.sig— detached PGP signature for the binarypublic-key.asc— the public key you use to verify the signatureSPEC.md— the full text-spec reference (every keyword, every option)- Example specs (five parameterized cells)
LICENSE.txt— perpetual single-organization commercial license, personalized at checkout
Common questions
Q. Does it phone home?
No. Zero network activity at runtime. Works fine on an air-gapped machine (which is often exactly where IC-design workflows want to be).
Q. Is version 1.0.0 really the only version?
Yes. That's the guarantee — the copy you bought will keep working identically forever. If a feature is added, it will ship as a separate signed product, not as an update to this binary.
Q. Does it produce foundry-clean GDSII?
Yes. Output validates against Magic / KLayout / OpenRule DRC deck for the SkyWater open PDK. Foundry submission is a separate step you or your DRC flow do — this generator emits standard GDSII.
Q. What is 'signed and frozen'?
“Signed” means the archive ships with a detached PGP signature you can verify against a public key. If someone tampered with the download between me and you, the signature won't match — you'll know. “Frozen” means the binary itself never changes; version 1.0.0 is the only version, and every buyer gets identical bytes.
Q. How is the license different from the WonderPhi retail license?
The Driver is a commercial-license product, sold per organization — unlimited machines within the buying entity. The retail WonderPhi products are per-user. Different market, different license shape.
Glossary — every term used above, in plain English
- GDSII
- The industry-standard file format for integrated-circuit layouts. Every foundry and every EDA tool understands it.
- EDA (Electronic Design Automation)
- The software category for IC design: layout, simulation, synthesis, verification. Historically dominated by Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor/Siemens.
- DRC (Design Rule Check)
- Verification that a layout meets the fabrication rules of the target process. Runs against the foundry's rule deck.
- LVS (Layout vs Schematic)
- Verification that the physical layout implements the intended electrical schematic. Standard sign-off step.
- Foundry / PDK
- The chip fabricator (TSMC, Samsung, SkyWater) and the Process Design Kit they publish that describes their manufacturing rules.
- PGP signature
- A cryptographic signature you can verify against a public key. Proves the file hasn't been tampered with.
- Frozen release
- A product that never gets updates. Every buyer gets identical bytes. The copy you buy today keeps working identically forever.
- Air-gapped machine
- A computer with no network connection. Common in IC-design workflows for IP protection. This generator works fine on one.
- Static linking
- Bundling all dependencies into the binary at build time. No shared-library rot — runs on any OS old enough to have libc.
License & support
Perpetual single-organization commercial license. Unlimited machines within the buying entity. The archive is AES-256 encrypted at rest; the password is displayed at checkout. Every download's LICENSE.txt is personalized with your organization name and order number at checkout.
Support: email chris@cri-one.com. Because the binary never changes, there's nothing to "support" in the update sense — but if the spec-file syntax is confusing, write and I'll help.
Instant download at checkout. USA sales only.
