Electronic Design

Dirt Cheap ASIC Design for Dummies (Part 3): NMOS, PMOS Silicon Design Using a Web Browser

Quickly learn what the difference is between PMOS and NMOS transistors in their structure and operation, and how CMOS works with the two in combination. Siliwiz, a free, browser-based, ASIC layout ...
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ASICs vs. Semi-Discrete Design

Application-specific ICs (ASICs) have the benefit of integrating a maximum amount of circuitry for a particular function on a single IC. This saves board space and cost. However, ASICs also have ...
Design-Reuse

SOI eases radiation-hardened ASIC designs

Silicon on insulator (SOI) semiconductor fabrication offers a great opportunity to improve radiation-hardened (rad-hard) ASICs when combined with a hardened library and very-deep-submicron (VDSM) ...
EDN

FPGA-based rapid prototyping of ASIC, ASSP, and SoC designs

ASIC designs continue to increase in size, complexity, and cost (for the purpose of these discussions, the term ASIC is assumed to encompass ASSP and SoC devices). At the same time, aggressive ...
Design-Reuse

FPGAs and Structured ASICs: Low-Risk SoC for the Masses

This paper will explain how new ASSP ventures face challenges that can derail success of a product even before the first device is sold, including market entry barriers such as time to market ...
Electronic Design

Making an ASIC—The Secret of Building a Good, Cheap Oscilloscope

Here at Keysight Oscilloscope HQ, we talk a lot about ASICs (application-specific integrated circuits). But why? Who cares about the internal architecture of a cheap oscilloscope? All that matters is ...