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

Virtually every ASIC ends up an FPGA

Over the past decade, designers around the world have argued over the relative merits of using ASICs or FPGAs to implement digital electronic designs. This ongoing discussion has typically positioned ...
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 ...
The Next Platform

FPGA Based Deep Learning Accelerators Take on ASICs

Over the last couple of years, the idea that the most efficient and high performance way to accelerate deep learning training and inference is with a custom ASIC—something designed to fit the specific ...
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 ...
Electronic Design

ASIC-Style Synthesis Embarks On FPGA World

With as many as 40% of ASIC and ASSP designers doing FPGA prototyping, Synopsys decided to spin a version of its Design Compiler (DC) synthesis tool for FPGA designers. The new tool, dubbed DC FPGA, ...
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 ...
Electronic Design

Structured ASICs Plan To Outpace FPGAs

System architects generally turn to application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) when designing ICs for high-volume, high-performance applications. Yet the development of such ASICs calls for ...
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 ...
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 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The FPGA Alternative

Until a few years ago, SoC designers focused almost exclusively on ASICs. While it was theoretically possible to create an SoC design for an FPGA, the programmable chips were too bulky and pricey to ...