The beauty of 'almost standard' VLSI
- 1 February 1988
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Spectrum
- Vol. 25 (2) , 35-40
- https://doi.org/10.1109/6.4508
Abstract
The authors discuss the advantages of semistandard VLSI, which lets a designer choose the chip for its standard features and then have the expert chip maker add special characteristics. They compare them with two other kinds of application-specific IC (ASIC), custom and semicustom VLSI chips. They describe four different ways to utilize semistandard chips and the benefit and drawbacks of each. They conclude by discussing what to expect from the semistandard approach.Keywords
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