EDN

Altera’s Structured ASIC design flow now ITAR-compliant for military apps

Altera Corporation has announced that the U.S. Department of State has certified that the company's HardCopy II structured ASIC design and manufacturing flow is compliant with International Trade in ...
EDN

Focus is on the best ASIC design flow

System-on-programmable-chip technology has characteristics of both board-based design and ASIC-based system-on-a-chip ASIC design. The immediate attraction of SoPC is that, like a breadboard, the ...
Design-Reuse

Domino Logic in ASIC Design Flow - Detailed Methodology and Breakthroughs in High Speed Design Automation Approach

Geneva -- September 22,2008 - Engineers at STMicroelectronic have revealed how to use domino logic, a very fast circuit design style utilized in the highest performance custom designs,in an automated ...
Electronic Design

Carefully Weigh The Tradeoffs Of Cell-Based Vs. Structured ASICs

When all is said and done, the structured ASIC’s shorter development cycle may well be the deciding factor for your design team. With the emergence of 90-nm process technology, ASIC designers get to ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Mapping Out The Value Of TLM Modeling

I have written about the value of system-level design and moving up to next level of abstraction numerous times. This fall one of the most interesting steps of progress towards effective system-level ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Designing 2.5D Systems

As more designs hit the reticle limit, or suffer from decreasing yield, migrating to 2.5D designs may provide a path forward. But this kind of advanced packaging also comes with some additional ...
Electronic Design

7-nm ASIC Technology Sets Sights on Future Data Centers

7-nm ASIC technology benefits in the semiconductor industry. Role of the 7-nm ASIC advanced node in data centers. Cost trends of advanced nodes in the semiconductor industry. As more consumers embrace ...
Design-Reuse

Altera's Structured ASIC Design Flow Now ITAR-Compliant for Military Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- March 12 2007--Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced that the U.S. Department of State has certified that the company's HardCopy(R) II structured ASIC design and ...