Electronic Design

Analog ASIC Course Tapes Out Real Silicon

Electronic Design’s Andy Turudic talks with Georgia Tech’s Shaolan Li about a hands-on course centered on silicon design that takes you from schematic through tapeout. In this episode of Inside ...
EDN

An FPGA-to-ASIC case study for refining smart meter design

Many embedded system designs are first implemented using FPGAs. This may be for quicker prototyping or to provide a platform for software development. Sometimes, the FPGAs will remain in the design ...
Design-Reuse

Structured ASIC Based SoC Design

Complex System-on-Chip (SoC) designs are fast becoming commonplace in today’s applications. Hardware designers must overcome many complex and challenging issues regarding cost, time-to-market (TTM), ...
EDN

How to achieve design flexibility for free using Structured ASIC approaches

Design readiness enables companies to respond quickly to design needs, but how can its true cost be determined? And which solutions – Full Custom ASIC, FPGA, or Structured ASIC – are optimal for a ...
Design-Reuse

Improving ASIC Design Verification using FPGAs and Structured ASICs

Structured ASICs require developers to re-program only the top level metal layers when customizing their designs, enabling faster development time and low unit cost. However, many structured ASICs ...