What is an ASIC?
| An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is an IC that is customized for a particular use or application, such as a chip which is designed to run a cellular handset. |
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| 2011-11-29 | Beamforming ASIC targets ultrasound apps Beamforming ASIC targets ultrasound apps |
| 2011-10-28 | FPGA boasts 6.8 billion transistors Xilinx claims an industry-first with the most number of transistors for Virtex-7 2000T by using 2.5D IC stacking. |
| 2011-10-27 | Design service revives obsolete LNAs JurASIC Parts Program brings analog ICs back into production for older commercial and military applications. |
| 2011-10-24 | Overcome challenges of ASIC/SoC prototyping with FPGAs Overcome challenges of ASIC/SoC prototyping with FPGAs |
| 2011-10-05 | The myth of the $100M ASIC The myth of the $100M ASIC |
| 2011-09-19 | Power Silicon's SoC design earns patent win Open-Silicon has earned a patent win for its low power ASIC design process through design-specific library augmentation. |
| 2011-07-29 | Car sensors regulate CO2 emmisions NXP's KMA210 automotive position sensors incorporates the company's magnetoresistive sensor chip and operates up to 160°C. |
| 2011-07-28 | Array features 1 million ASIC gates Array features 1 million ASIC gates |
| 2011-07-08 | Microsemi acquires ASIC Advantage Microsemi acquires ASIC Advantage |
| 2011-07-07 | Tektronix acquires Veridae Tektronix has signed an agreement to buy ASIC/FPGA prototyping vendor, Veridae Systems. |
| 2011-06-13 | Combined FPGA suite offers complete prototyping, debugging Veridae Systems' Certus FPGA Prototyping Suite and the Dini Group's prototyping and I/O software are integrated to offer a complete platform for multiFPGA prototyping and debug. |
| 2011-05-18 | Donation website set up for 'super-low-cost' ASIC Donation website set up for 'super-low-cost' ASIC |
| 2011-05-10 | New ARM SDKs launched ARM releases version 5.0 of the ARM Compiler, as well as the ARM DS-5 Professional Edition for ARM processor-based ASICs and ASSP devices. |
| 2011-03-25 | KaiSemi to demo FPGA-to-ASIC tool KaiSemi to demo FPGA-to-ASIC tool |
| 2011-02-28 | Development kit accelerates 3PLD creation Tabula's development kit for its ABAX 3PLD family claims to speed up design creations for FPGA and ASIC designers. |
| 2011-01-28 | Altera unveils 28nm device portfolio Altera Corp. has unveiled its portfolio of 28nm devices: the Cyclone V and Arria V FPGA families, the recently expanded Stratix V FPGA and previously announced HardCopy V ASIC families. |
| 2011-01-14 | Alacritech ventures into storage with new ASIC drives Alacritech ventures into storage with new ASIC drives |
| 2011-01-06 | 2011 forecast from Semico Semico Research Co. reveals seven key predictions for the coming year. NAND flash, ASIC, SoCs get special mention. |
| 2011-01-10 | Simplify automotive ASIC design with FMEA Simplify automotive ASIC design with FMEA |
| 2010-11-26 | Single-chip PROFIBUS solution cuts a third off power use and cost TI has just announced its AM1810 Sitara ARM microprocessor, a single-chip ARM9 solution with an integrated PROFIBUS interface. This low-power chip does away with an external PROFIBUS, ASIC or FPGA, saving development time while enhancing system performance. |
| 2010-11-12 | Public radio IC uses 190mW per channel Radiocomp Inc. and eASIC Corp. debut a low-power common public radio interface (CPRI) v4.1 solution for radio equipment controller equipment. |
| 2010-10-22 | Cadence, Xilinx put FPGA IP catalog online Cadence and Xilinx debuted a Xilinx IP Ecosystem microsite as part of the ChipEstimate portal to facilitate FPGA and ASIC designers' access to the IP supporting Xilinx's programmable platform. |
| 2010-09-24 | ASIC processor surpasses 2.4GHz ASIC processor surpasses 2.4GHz |
| 2010-09-17 | NI gives GigOptix its second global supplier quality award GigOptix won the National Instruments Global Supplier Award for 2010 in recognition of exceptional performance for quality and reliability of ASIC products supplied to NI. |
| 2010-09-09 | HLS tool allows designers to focus on ASIC differentiation HLS tool allows designers to focus on ASIC differentiation |
| 2010-08-06 | ASIC boasts digital ambient noise cancellation ASIC boasts digital ambient noise cancellation |
| 2010-08-02 | Shorten test time with package-based MBIST strategy Test time is a significant component of ASIC cost. It needs to be minimized and yet has to have maximum coverage to ensure zero-defect scenario for an automotive application. |
| 2010-07-26 | Another PL startup bites the dust FPGA startup Tier Logic Inc. shut down operations last week. The company, founded in 2003, was developing a new processing technology to build FPGA and ASIC products on a single die. |
| 2010-07-19 | ON Semi to buy Sanyo Electric chip subsidiary for $366M ON Semi is buying Sanyo Electric's semiconductor subsidiary for $366 million. The move adds microcontrollers, ASIC capabilities, power modules and motor control to ON Semi's portfolio. |
| 2010-06-30 | Oscilloscopes handle 500MHz to 2GHz bandwidth Rohde & Schwarz is rolling out the first dedicated oscilloscopes that are claimed to be 20x faster than existing devices, supported by the company's ASICs and ADCs. |
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