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Portions from Application-Specific Integrated Circuits Copyright © 1997 by Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.

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PROGRAMMABLE 
ASIC DESIGN 
SOFTWARE

There are five components of a programmable ASIC or FPGA: (1) the programming technology, (2) the basic logic cell, (3) the I/O cell, (4) the interconnect, and (5) the design software that allows you to program the ASIC. The design software is much more closely tied to the FPGA architecture than is the case for other types of ASICs.

8.1 Design Systems

8.2 Logic Synthesis

8.3 The Halfgate ASIC

8.4 Summary

8.5 Problems

8.6 Bibliography

8.7 References