Showing posts with label VLSI Implementation Media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VLSI Implementation Media. Show all posts

Thursday, September 22, 2011

VLSI Implementation Media


VLSI Implementation Media
Media requiring fabrication:
* Full Custom - design and physical layout at transistor level
* Standard Cell - design and physical layout at gate/flip-flop level
* Gate Array - design and physical layout at gate level (like standard cell but with some prefabrication of wafer)


Prefabricated media:
* Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) - design at gate/flip-flop or register transfer level
* Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs) - design at gate/flip-flop or register transfer level
* Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs) - design at gate/flip-flop level 
* System-on-Chip (SoC) may incorporate several of these implementation media on a single chip