SAN MATEO, Calif. — Synplicity Inc. is targeting the ASIC synthesis market after years of dominating FPGA synthesis with an announcement that it is co-developing with LSI Logic an ASIC physical ...

With the emergence of 90-nm process technology, ASIC designers get to explore uncharted levels of performance and density. However, it has also unleashed a slew of challenging design-integrity issues, ...

Structured ASICs are generating an enormous buzz in the silicon design world, promising lower mask and tool costs, faster time-to-market and performance comparable to standard-cell ASICs with the ...