The VeloPix ASIC

The IBM ASIC/SoC

This paper describes the methodology employed by the IBM Microelectronics Division for the design of its Blue Logic applicationspecific integrated circuits (ASICs) and system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. This methodology is used by both IBM ASIC and SoC designers, as well as OEM customers. A key focus of the IBM ASIC/SoC methodology, outlined in the first section of this paper, is the first-time-ri...

High Performance Fuzzy ASIC

Energy Recovering ASIC Design

Dissipation in the clock tree and state elements of ASIC designs is often a significant fraction of total energy consumption. We propose a methodology for recovering most of this energy by using a novel energy recovering flip-flop and a novel single-phase resonant clock generator. As our state element has near-zero energy consumption when the input data is not switching, it provides the savings...

The PRO1 ASIC for Fast Wilkinson Encoding

Wilkinson conversion of stored samples in large Switch Capacitor Array (SCA) ASICs, such as used for high speed waveform sampling, has many benefits in terms of compactness, no missing output codes, low power requirements and robustness. However such Analog-toDigital conversions are relatively slow, limited by the encoder clock speed. By repeating the same fast sampling technique used by the SC...

Closing the Gap Between ASIC and Custom - Tools and Techniques for High-Performance ASIC Design

When there are many people who don't need to expect something more than the benefits to take, we will suggest you to have willing to reach all benefits. Be sure and surely do to take this closing the gap between asic and custom tools and techniques for high performance asic design author david chinnery jun 2002 that gives the best reasons to read. When you really need to get the reason why, thi...