On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:23:08 +0100, Lourens Veen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How does an ASIC compare to an FPGA? I guess it doesn't have any constraints > in terms of "amount of subcomponent X" so we'll need to optimise for chip > surface size rather than number of multipliers and/or LUTs? Among other things, faster (although not always a lot) and lower power consumption (much lower). And it does give us more freedom in terms of transistor budget, but there are plenty of other reasons to keep that right, and it DOES affect cost, albeit less than for FPGA. Also, your typical ASIC may not have dedicated multipliers (they do have dedicated RAM blocks), and that has its plusses and minuses. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
