Via-configurable array (VCA) technology enables the rapid development and low cost design of feature-rich mixed-signal ASICs that integrate sophisticated analog IP blocks without the pain and risk of full-custom design.
To IP or Not to IP
Although all real engineers would like to create all of their designs from scratch, that just is not practical in today’s [...]
The Digital Structured ASIC is dead. LSI has pulled the plug. Synplicity is winding down their entire structured ASIC line. Articles appear, almost daily, waxing nostalgic about the rise and fall of an industry. Yet, there is a new approach to using a structured (or platform, or array) approach to ASIC design. Mixed signal via-configured [...]
Introduction
As any ASIC designer knows all to well, the pressure is relentless to develop larger chips with more functions (including analog) and to deliver in record time. Fabs keep making smaller geometry processes which allows for more transistors per unit area, but this does not make the design easier. And then there is the cost [...]