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- From: etxansk@garbo.ericsson.se
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics
- Subject: ASICs - what can you do with'em?
- Message-ID: <etxansk.726247208@garbod26>
- Date: 5 Jan 93 15:20:08 GMT
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- Organization: Ericsson
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- I've read a little in magazines about ASICs. Since I'm only involved in
- software engineering at work, it's sometimes hard for me to tell the
- limitations of a certain technique by reading summaries etc.
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- So, what can be done with ASICs?
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- Is it possible to create more than just plain Y=f(X) logic with
- ASICs? Plain logic would probably be enough for doing a simple
- MMU or anything similar, but can something that involves (for instance)
- counters be implemented? Would it be possible to design a circuit that
- creates (video) hsync and vsync from a clock input with one single ASIC?
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- Are there other techniques that provide affordable single-chip custom
- design for the man on the street?
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- Thanks in advance,
- Anders Skelander
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