Application-specific integrated circuit
chips that have been designs to do only one specific task / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
ASIC or Application-specific integrated circuit is a kind of integrated circuit. It is built for a particular use instead of for general-purpose use. Digital circuits are a common form of ASIC, but analog ASICs were manufactured beginning in the latter half of the 1990s.
ASIC has advantages compared to programmable logic controller or standard logic gate IC.
- ASIC can be smaller.
- ASIC can improve speed.
- ASIC needs less electric power to operate.
There are also disadvantages of ASIC.
- the cost per a unit can be high when producing a small number of units because of the fixed cost of producing a Photomask.
- they can be hard to design and it is expensive and wastes time if they need to be redesigned.
- the time of a manufacturing process can be long.