diff --git a/tools/FakeRAM2.0/orfs_asap7/generate.py b/tools/FakeRAM2.0/orfs_asap7/generate.py
index be30f8f927..e1ba6eacb6 100644
--- a/tools/FakeRAM2.0/orfs_asap7/generate.py
+++ b/tools/FakeRAM2.0/orfs_asap7/generate.py
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
     "column_mux_factor": 1,
     "snap_width_nm": 190,
     "snap_height_nm": 1400,
+    # A macro's power pins are horizontal M4 rails, which the platform's
+    # macro grid connects to the core's vertical M5 straps
+    # (openRoad/pdn/grid_strategy-M1-M2-M5-M6.tcl: each net every 5.4 um,
+    # 0.12 um wide). A narrower macro can sit between two straps of a
+    # net, its grid gets no shapes and pdngen fails the whole design
+    # (PDN-0233, or PDN-0179 when it cannot repair the channels). One pitch plus a strap, plus the rails' 0.048 um inset
+    # at both edges, puts a strap of each net across the rails wherever
+    # the macro lands.
+    "min_width_um": 5.4 + 0.12 + 2 * 0.048,
 }
 
 ASAP7_TIMING_CONFIG = {
diff --git a/tools/FakeRAM2.0/test/macro_dim_test.py b/tools/FakeRAM2.0/test/macro_dim_test.py
index 849fc04516..11d1b5317d 100755
--- a/tools/FakeRAM2.0/test/macro_dim_test.py
+++ b/tools/FakeRAM2.0/test/macro_dim_test.py
@@ -71,6 +71,29 @@ def test_macro_dim_add_height(self):
             self.assertAlmostEqual(height, exp_height, delta=self._delta)
             self.assertAlmostEqual(width, exp_width, delta=self._delta)
 
+    def test_macro_dim_min_width(self):
+        """A narrow macro is widened to min_width_um; a wide one is not"""
+
+        process_data = TestUtils.get_base_process_data().copy()
+        process_data["min_width_um"] = 10.0
+        process = Process(process_data)
+        # 39 bits at 2048 deep is 5.054 um wide, below the floor
+        width, height = process.get_macro_dimensions(39, 2048, 1, 0)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(width, 10.0, delta=self._delta)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(height, 663.552, delta=self._delta)
+        # four banks make it 20.216 um wide, above the floor
+        width, _ = process.get_macro_dimensions(39, 2048, 4, 0)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(width, 5.054 * 4, delta=self._delta)
+
+    def test_min_width_must_be_a_width(self):
+        """A min_width_um that is not a non-negative number is refused"""
+
+        for bad in (None, "5.6", -1.0):
+            process_data = TestUtils.get_base_process_data().copy()
+            process_data["min_width_um"] = bad
+            with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+                Process(process_data)
+
     def test_macro_dim_invalid_banks(self):
         """Tests detection that an invalid bank value was given"""
 
diff --git a/tools/FakeRAM2.0/utils/class_process.py b/tools/FakeRAM2.0/utils/class_process.py
index 487a853e6a..b66e5e2f5e 100644
--- a/tools/FakeRAM2.0/utils/class_process.py
+++ b/tools/FakeRAM2.0/utils/class_process.py
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ def __init__(self, json_data):
         self._calc_y_step()
         self.bitcell_width_um = json_data.get("bitcell_width_um", None)
         self.bitcell_height_um = json_data.get("bitcell_height_um", None)
+        # The narrowest macro the platform's power grid can reach; 0 for
+        # no floor. See ASAP7_PROCESS_CONFIG in orfs_asap7/generate.py.
+        self.min_width_um = json_data.get("min_width_um", 0.0)
+        if (
+            not isinstance(self.min_width_um, (int, float))
+            or isinstance(self.min_width_um, bool)
+            or self.min_width_um < 0
+        ):
+            raise Exception(
+                "min_width_um %r is not a width in um" % (self.min_width_um,)
+            )
 
         # Set to True when we want to use the process parameters or bitcell
         # sizes to calculate the macro dimensions. Set to False for spreadsheet
@@ -118,6 +129,7 @@ def get_macro_dimensions(self, width_in_bits, depth, num_banks, additional_heigh
         total_width = all_bitcell_width * 1.2
 
         total_height += additional_height
+        total_width = max(total_width, self.min_width_um)
 
         return (total_width, total_height)