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What is ASIC?

An ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) is an integrated circuit customized for a particular use, rather than intended for general-purpose use. ASICs are designed for specific applications, leading to higher performance and efficiency compared to general-purpose processors when performing that particular task. They are commonly used in a wide range of applications, including signal processing, image processing, telecommunications, and embedded systems. Because they are application specific, the development cost can be high, but for very large production runs the unit cost can be much lower than alternative approaches.

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What other technologies are related to ASIC?

ASIC Competitor Technologies

ASSP

Application-Specific Standard Products (ASSPs) are integrated circuits targeted for a specific market. They are a competitor because they may fulfill the same application an ASIC would, often at a lower cost and risk, but with less customization.

mentioned alongside ASIC in 94% (838) of relevant job posts

FPGA

Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are reconfigurable hardware devices. They are a competitor to ASICs, especially for lower-volume applications or when time-to-market is critical, as they offer flexibility and faster prototyping.

mentioned alongside ASIC in 13% (5.7k) of relevant job posts

PLD

Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) are a more primitive version of FPGAs. As a simpler reconfigurable technology, they are a competitor to ASICs for simple logic implementations or prototyping purposes.

mentioned alongside ASIC in 70% (845) of relevant job posts

ASIC Complementary Technologies

Verilog

Verilog is a hardware description language (HDL) used to design and verify digital circuits. It is complementary to ASICs because it is used to create the designs that are implemented in ASICs.

mentioned alongside ASIC in 7% (3.6k) of relevant job posts

RTL

Register Transfer Level (RTL) is a design abstraction level for digital circuits. RTL is complementary to ASICs because it is the way that the hardware design is specified, before being synthesized and implemented as an ASIC.

mentioned alongside ASIC in 19% (793) of relevant job posts

VHDL

VHDL is a hardware description language (HDL) used to design and verify digital circuits. It is complementary to ASICs because it is used to create the designs that are implemented in ASICs.

mentioned alongside ASIC in 6% (2.5k) of relevant job posts