Between ASIC and microcontroller: It's all about System Realization
I’ve been saving on an article that appeared in EETimes for a couple of weeks because it makes some very cogent points about System Realization, even though it’s not written with System Realization, or SoC Realization, or even Silicon Realization in mind. The article is titled “Bridging the gap between custom ASICs and ARM-based MCUs” and it was written by Mark Saunders, a Senior Product Marketing Manager at Cypress Semiconductor. The article is really about the Cypress Semiconductor PSOC (programmable SoC) family, which consists of devices that look a lot like microcontrollers with analog and digital peripheral configurability. Although the article is really about a Cypress product family, it covers many System Realization topics quite well, which is why we’re covering it here at EDA360 Insider.
Related Semiconductor IP
- ISO/IEC 7816 Verification IP
- 50MHz to 800MHz Integer-N RC Phase-Locked Loop on SMIC 55nm LL
- Simulation VIP for AMBA CHI-C2C
- Process/Voltage/Temperature Sensor with Self-calibration (Supply voltage 1.2V) - TSMC 3nm N3P
- USB 20Gbps Device Controller
Related Blogs
- What does Cadence mean when it calls System Realization a "holistic" approach to IC design?
- "Professor" Aart de Geus gives latest Techonomics lecture on collaboration and System Realization at the Semico Summit in Scottsdale
- Sonics Founder Drew Wingard on the state of the art for SoCs, IP, System and SoC Realization
- Do you have the right 'connection'?
Latest Blogs
- A Comparison on Different AMBA 5 CHI Verification IPs
- Cadence Recognized as TSMC OIP Partner of the Year at 2025 OIP Ecosystem Forum
- Accelerating Development Cycles and Scalable, High-Performance On-Device AI with New Arm Lumex CSS Platform
- Desktop-Quality Ray-Traced Gaming and Intelligent AI Performance on Mobile with New Arm Mali G1-Ultra GPU
- Powering Scale Up and Scale Out with 224G SerDes for UALink and Ultra Ethernet