By understanding is also that there's currently suspicion on the 3v3 SCL from Tholin (maybe though not the same one, but I don't see why it would not be (effectively) the same) having an issue that causes high power draw and possibly (somewhat) worse at least at/near startup.
@Tholin , if you can confirm the suspicious heating happens from a cold static start (no clocks or the like!), and happen to have the taped-out GDS for me, I'd like to try getting (low-crosstalk-fidelity) PEX out of it and the get Xyce to see how it comes up during it's POR until it (hopefully) stabilizes.
And see if it triggers and alarms (in particular about power draw, though I fear localized heating might be hard to figure due to the PEX likely not allowing sufficiently-functional thermal connectivity extraction) in the process of the simulation about safe operating areas and/or can at least somewhat point to where the (I presume static) current is going.
If there'd be some special sequence for the external lines to follow to do the turning-on until it exhibits the suspicious power draw, please do share.
I think it'd be more worth it than trying full-die ttsky26a PEX into Xyce especially given that needs me to select a project via (iirc) digital waveforms