I watched a video from an ASIC designer, I dont claim to know much on the design end, but he said ASIC is not as cost prohibitive as before because of these companys that have layers, or something to that effect, basically similar to the OSI model in networking, where you order an ASIC with everything prebuild and only build your own layer for your purpose. FPGAs have so much generic to them there is alot of wasted horsepower. The video made me wish I had stayed in school because it just screamed that there is money to be made for EEs in that field.
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > FPGAs can be reprogrammed. And they, in theory, can do everything an > ASIC can do. But ASICs are not able to be changed (at least they could not > when I was working with them, that has been a few years ago). > > *From:* Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 08, 2015 8:43 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] interesting telrad video > > Painting ASICs as an old, failed approach and FPGAs as the future seems > a little strange. > > *From:* That One Guy <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 08, 2015 9:37 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [AFMUG] interesting telrad video > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzAkMGKT5_M > > I feel like there might be some koolaid here somewhere > > -- > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 > -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
