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 ...
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 ...
Elektor Magazine

Mastering FPGA Chip Design with Kevin Hubbard, Elektor Engineering Insights #56

Learn real-world strategies about FPGA Chip Design, Join Elektor Engineering Insights on Sept 24 at 16:00 CEST with Kevin ...
Electronic Design

FPGA Prototyping Tool Aligns With ASIC Flow

This FPGA-Synthesis Tool Offers The Prototyping Capabilities Required By RF-Intensive Systems And A Migration Path To ASIC Product Design. Over a third of all high-end ASIC designers now use FPGAs for ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Business Wire

MathWorks Speeds FPGA and ASIC Verification with Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) Support

NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MathWorks today announced that HDL Verifier provides support for the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) starting with Release 2019b, which is currently available.
Design-Reuse

How to improve FPGA-based ASIC prototyping with SystemVerilog

ASICs provide a solution for capturing high performance complex design concepts and preventing competitors from simply implementing comparable designs. However, creating an ASIC is a high-investment ...