TTM
A comparison of ASIC, structured ASIC and an FPGA
If you are looking for a high-performance, low-cost, and low-power solution for your custom IC design, you might be won…
ASIC
TechOnline
How to Inexpensively Design an ASIC in 5 Weeks
If you have ever designed a standard cell ASIC from scratch, you probably still have the scars to show for it. Designin…
TechOnline
Application Specific IP
One of the major barriers for Semiconductor IP commercialization is to provide evidence for an IP's quality. A comm…
White Papers
Phase-locked loops (PLLs) Demystified
Over the past decade, Phase-Locked Loops (PLLs) have become an integral part of the modern ASIC design. PLLs provide th…
VLSI
What Users Would Change About This Blog!
The best part about this survey is that you get to see what users are looking for, whats bothering them that they would…
VLSI Conference
Layoff Watch!
Announced Worldwide Layoffs As of 30th January 2009 Infineon - 3000 Qimonda - 3000 (Bankrupt: 23 Jan 09) Renesas -…
Verification
ASIC and FPGA Verification: A Guide to Component Modeling (Systems on Silicon)
ASIC and FPGA Verification: A Guide to Component Modeling (Systems on Silicon) by Richard Munden "As large and co…
FPGA
FPGA & ASIC based design
The main diferrence between ASIC and FPGA based design is in the Back-end. In FPGAs there is not much activities in bac…
Synthesis
Low power design
Primarily design for low power depends on the characteristics design being accomplished. If it is a multi-million gate …
Verification
Application Specific Integrated Circuit ( ASIC )
An application-specific integrated circuit or ASIC comprises an integrated circuit (IC) with functionality customized f…