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Customizable MCUs take on FPGA tasks

Posted: 01 Nov 2007  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: customizable MCU with MPCF  FPGA design  IP content 

[Summary of tips] Today's product life cycles can be as short as six months. This situation makes it impossible to achieve the cost, power and performance benefits of custom ASICs. The custom ASIC's design cycle—usually about a year—is often longer than the life of the end product. On top of that, standard cell ASICs can have NRE cos......
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