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ASIC vs FPGA - newbie - 2003-11-09 13:59:00
Hi all Can someone help in understanding the main difference between ASIC and FPGA. I keep hearing both these terms and am not fully clear. Is there a website explaning this? Thanks______________________________
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Re: ASIC vs FPGA - Rene Tschaggelar - 2003-11-09 16:17:00
newbie wrote: > Hi all > > Can someone help in understanding the main difference between ASIC and FPGA. > I keep hearing both these terms and am not fully clear. > Is there a website explaning this? An ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) is a custom device, whereas an FPGA is a generic multipurpose device. The ASIC is cost efficient at high numbers, whereas an FPGA is cost efficient for development and for smaller numbers. Many ASIC is developped as FPGA. Rene -- Ing.Buero R.Tschaggelar - http://www.ibrtses.com & commercial newsgroups - http://www.talkto.net______________________________
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Re: ASIC vs FPGA - Nagaraj - 2003-11-10 05:57:00
For all your basic questions you can read the book on "ASIC" by Micheal John Sebastin Smith. According to me this is the ASIC bible for beginners. regards, CS "newbie" <n...@nospam.org> wrote in message news:<W7wrb.13571$M...@news.xtra.co.nz>... > Hi all > > Can someone help in understanding the main difference between ASIC and FPGA. > I keep hearing both these terms and am not fully clear. > Is there a website explaning this? > > Thanks