EDN

An FPGA primer for ASIC designers

With the advent of new technologies in IC design and complexity of the business models, chip designers may want to explore different choices available to them for implementation. ASICs have been the ...
EDN

FPGA-to-ASIC conversion a crucial concern

It is clear that FPGAs are great for prototyping and low-volume production. It's also clear, however, that any relatively complex mid- to high-volume design for which power consumption, component cost ...
Business Wire

Faraday Unveiled FPGA-Go-ASIC Prototyping Platform to Accelerate FPGA-to-ASIC Conversion

HSINCHU, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Faraday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today unveiled its FPGA-Go-ASIC™ prototyping platform solution. This ...
AV Network

Justin Kennington on AV Supply Chain Using FPGA vs. ASIC Chips

SDVoE Alliance President, Justin Kennington shares his perspective on how FPGA versus ASIC chips impacts the product supply chain in the AV industry. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...
Semiconductor Engineering

FPGA And System Designs Get To Market Faster Leveraging ASIC-Proven Analysis Tools

Digital systems need clocks. Today’s designs require more from clocking schemes than ever before, and it’s likely this trend will continue. Increasing power constraints have resulted in finer-grained ...
Business Wire

BitHull Overtakes ASIC Market with New FPGA Miners

COPENHAGEN, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BitHull S.A. ( www.BitHull.com) is pleased to announce the launch of its two new crypto miners BH Miner and BH Miners Box. These miners have been built around ...
Electronic Design

Structured ASICs Compete With, And Complement, FPGAs

Once the prototyping and beta testing is done and a system goes into production, designers often will wonder: "With the higher per-chip cost of an FPGA, why not replace the FPGA with an ASIC?" But the ...
Electronic Design

ASICs, Structured ASICs, And FPGAs

How close in performance and integration are FPGAs and ASICs? Advances in FPGA architectures and the use of 90-nm process rules have allowed the latest generation of FPGAs to achieve levels of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Adding NoCs To FPGA SoCs

FPGA SoCs straddle the line between flexibility and performance by combining elements of both FPGAs and ASICs. But as they find a home in more safety- and mission-critical markets, they also are ...
Digi Times

FPGA vs ASIC: Altera CEO highlights FPGA's advantage in AI era

Embedded World 2025 officially commenced this week in Nuremberg, Germany, with Sandra Rivera, CEO of FPGA company Altera, delivering the keynote address. In her presentation, Rivera discussed key ...
Hackaday

Your Own Open Source ASIC: SkyWater-PDK Plans First 130 Nm Wafer In 2020

You might have caught Maya Posch’s article about the first open-source ASIC tools from Google and SkyWater Technology. It envisions increased access to make custom chips — Application Specific ...