Questions tagged [asic]
An ASIC is an Application Specific IC. It is a custom chip that is made at the factory.
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Understanding CMOS performance and complexity for ASIC : 350nm to 45nm process
I am trying to build an ASIC chip with the help of the MOSIS project. (They make it cheaper by combining multiple small project into a single fab). I have a choice between 350nm to 45nm, and ...
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What options do I have when synthesising control registers?
When your design includes control registers that are set/read on a dedicated clock domain (SPI or I2C etc), how do you usually deal with those?
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Do you keep them on their own clock ...
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Designing a 4-bit ALU to compute various functions
I've been working on designing an ALU that calculates various functions but I don't really know how to separate each function from one another. The inputs are 4-bit numbers A and B. I have a decoder ...
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Balancing Unbalanced Audio Inputs
I'm wanting to nicely balance some unbalanced inputs to a power amp for good CMRR, and because I'm feeling too lazy to start trying to closely match pairs of resistors, I'm looking at using a hi-fi ...
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How much does it cost to have a custom ASIC made?
I have browsed several ASIC manufacturer's webs, but I haven't found an actual number.
I assume there would be a fixed cost associated with creating masks and such and then there will be a cost per ...
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