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Structured ASICs with fewer custom masks

Posted: 18 Sep 2008  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: ASIC  mask costs  development cost  device cost 

[Summary of tips] Exorbitant and growing ASIC mask costs require customers to engage in extensive and expensive verification. Designers can expect a full 90nm mask set to cost Rs.4.29 crore ($1 million), but this is only a small portion of the estimated ~Rs.107.15 crore (~$25M) development cost of an ASIC. About half of the overall ......
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