This article is reprinted from the WeChat public account: FPGA Algorithm Engineer We all know that recently, the topics of chip design and manufacturing continue to occupy people’s conversations. The enemy’s pursuit has made us abandon our fantasies and fight back. In our work and life, whether we are in the upstream or downstream of … Read more
Tapeout is one of the most exciting nodes in chip design, meaning that the design team can finally hand over the GDSII files to the foundry for production. However, before the foundry starts working, there is a crucial step: preparing the mask set. This thing is costly and technically complex, directly affecting the project’s budget … Read more
ASIC design services refer to the services for designing and optimizing Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) for specific applications. ASIC chips are characterized by high performance, low power consumption, and high integration, and are typically used in fields with high functional requirements, such as communications, consumer electronics, automotive electronics, and industrial control. ASIC design services cover … Read more
Classification and analysis of common English vocabulary in embedded systems1. Hardware-related TermsASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) – A chip designed for specific application requirements, commonly used in high-performance, low-power scenarios. Address Bus (地址总线) – An electronic circuit that connects the processor to external devices, used for addressing memory space or peripheral registers. DMA (Direct Memory Access) … Read more
(Source: design-reuse) Recently, the American semiconductor startup Zero ASIC announced the launch of the world’s first open standard eFPGA IP product, Platypus. According to them, Platypus is the first and only commercial eFPGA IP product with the following features: a 100% open and standardized FPGA architecture, a 100% open-source FPGA bitstream format, and 100% open-source … Read more
The integrated circuit design field is facing a severe reality. Only about 20% of ASIC chips succeed on their first tape-out. A significant reason for the high failure rate is that the challenges brought by new process nodes have not been fully understood. While some long-standing issues have been integrated into design tools and processes, … Read more
The current chip development chain is too fragmented. Design companies are only responsible for design, EDA tool companies provide software, foundries are responsible for manufacturing, and packaging and testing companies handle packaging and testing… This specialization looks beautiful on the surface, but what is the reality? Every time communication crosses departments or companies, it feels … Read more
Click the blue textto follow us With thedevelopment ofLLM, the importance of accelerators capable of efficiently processingLLM computations has become increasingly prominent. This article discusses the necessity ofLLM accelerators and provides a comprehensive analysis of the main hardware and software features of currently available commercialLLM accelerators. Based on this, it proposes development ideas and future … Read more
1、Summary of “In the Era of DeepSeek, ASIC Chips Crowned as Kings” ■ With rapid iterations of models like GPT-4.5, Grok-3, Claude 3.5, and LLaMA 4, the number of domestic generative AI users has surpassed 300 million, leading to a massive demand for inference computing power. ■ NPU (Edge AI) is suitable for terminal devices … Read more
Source: DeepHub IMBA This article has a total of 4500 words, and it is recommended to read in 5 minutes. This article will delve into five main types of computing accelerators. In today’s rapidly evolving computing technology, traditional general-purpose processors (CPUs) are gradually being supplemented or replaced by dedicated hardware accelerators, especially in specific computing … Read more