Re: ASIC Specification
Yes.... all those parameter (Timing, power, area, cost... etc) are all market driven.
Take for example an MP3 player:
- What is the final size expectation ?
- What are the various components in it (Circuitry, battery, LCD, etc....)
- How much space is allocated for circuitry, ?
- If the microcontroller has to perform and other functions other than the MP3 decoding itself, how much of the bandwidth is required so that there wont be any voice breaks inbetween.
- If a particular type of battery is chosen, what is its rating, so what is the battery life expectations, so how much power is the max rating for the chip ?
Like this if you go an analyzing the minute details of the application, you will end up with the specifications for your design/chip.
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Harish
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