Integrated Platform

n pplctn-spcfc ntgrtd crct (SC ) s n ntgrtd crct (C) chp cstmzd fr prtclr s, rthr thn ntndd fr gnrl-prps s, sch s chp dsgnd t rn n dgtl vc rcrdr r hgh-ffcncy vd cdc. pplctn-spcfc stndrd prdct chps r ntrmdt btwn SCs nd ndstry stndrd ntgrtd crcts lk th 7400 srs r th 4000 srs. SC chps r typclly fbrctd sng mtl–xd–smcndctr (MS) tchnlgy, s MS ntgrtd crct chps. s ftr szs hv shrnk nd chp dsgn tls mprvd vr th yrs, th mxmm cmplxty (nd hnc fnctnlty) pssbl n n SC hs grwn frm 5,000 lgc gts t vr 100 mlln. Mdrn SCs ftn ncld ntr mcrprcssrs, mmry blcks ncldng RM, RM, PRM, flsh mmry nd thr lrg bldng blcks. Sch n SC s ftn trmd SC (systm-n-chp). Dsgnrs f dgtl SCs ftn s hrdwr dscrptn lngg (HDL), sch s Vrlg r VHDL, t dscrb th fnctnlty f SCs. Fld-prgrmmbl gt rrys (FPG) r th mdrn-dy tchnlgy mprvmnt n brdbrds, mnng tht thy r nt md t b pplctn-spcfc s ppsd t SCs. Prgrmmbl lgc blcks nd prgrmmbl ntrcnncts llw th sm FPG t b sd n mny dffrnt pplctns. Fr smllr dsgns r lwr prdctn vlms, FPGs my b mr cst-ffctv thn n SC dsgn, vn n prdctn. Th nn-rcrrng ngnrng (NR) cst f n SC cn rn nt th mllns f dllrs. Thrfr, dvc mnfctrrs typclly prfr FPGs fr prttypng nd dvcs wth lw prdctn vlm nd SCs fr vry lrg prdctn vlms whr NR csts cn b mrtzd crss mny dvcs.