Palace is an open source FEM solver created by AWS. It can be scaled from single computer to large high performance simulation clusters and cloud-based computing.

To simplify the use of Palace for RFIC EM simulation, I created the gds2palace workflow. Input is GDSII layout file + technology stackup file, output are model files for the Palace FEM solver.

github repository of gds2palace:
https://github.com/VolkerMuehlhaus/gds2palace_ihp_sg13g2

Quick overview of gds2palace with examples:
https://github.com/VolkerMuehlhaus/gds2palace_ihp_sg13g2/blob/main/doc/IHP_Palace_Workflow_evaluation_October%202025.pdf

Documentation including User’s Guide:
https://github.com/VolkerMuehlhaus/gds2palace_ihp_sg13g2/tree/main/doc

AWS Palace FEM solver home page:
https://awslabs.github.io/palace/stable/