can anyone explain some terms?

  Application Specific Standard Product(ASSP)
  Structured ASIC
  configurable processor

  I am not a IC design,but a embedded software engineer. A few new
terms come to me and I have no idea. I can find plenty of information
on the internet, but none of them explains the terms.
So can anyone give me an  introductionary explanation and give one
example each? thanx

Op Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:40:28 +0200 schreef <joggingsong@gmail.com>:
>   Application Specific Standard Product(ASSP)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASSP
"an integrated circuit sold to multiple clients for a single application"

>   Structured ASIC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit#Structured.2Fplatform_design
"the logic mask-layers of a device are predefined by the ASIC vendor"
"read carefully how the vendor defines its particular Structured or  
Platform ASIC"

>   configurable processor
probably means soft-core processor/controller like the Nios series.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nios_II

>   I am not a IC design,but a embedded software engineer. A few new
> terms come to me and I have no idea. I can find plenty of information
> on the internet, but none of them explains the terms.

Seems like enough explanations to understand it.

> So can anyone give me an  introductionary explanation and give one
> example each? thanx
>



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Boudewijn Dijkstra wrote:
> Op Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:40:28 +0200 schreef <joggingsong@gmail.com>:
> >   Application Specific Standard Product(ASSP)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASSP
> "an integrated circuit sold to multiple clients for a single application"
>
> >   Structured ASIC
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit#Structured.2Fplatform_design
> "the logic mask-layers of a device are predefined by the ASIC vendor"
> "read carefully how the vendor defines its particular Structured or
> Platform ASIC"
>
> >   configurable processor
> probably means soft-core processor/controller like the Nios series.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nios_II
>
> >   I am not a IC design,but a embedded software engineer. A few new
> > terms come to me and I have no idea. I can find plenty of information
> > on the internet, but none of them explains the terms.
>
> Seems like enough explanations to understand it.
>
> > So can anyone give me an  introductionary explanation and give one
> > example each? thanx
> >
>
>
>
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I hope it might be helpfull!

*BUT* folks can we really count on wiki? what if i just edit few pages
according to my taste and knowledge? just something in my head;-) where
as it is super good for quick reference, ofcourse i also visit these
pages; sometimes.


ali

Boudewijn Dijkstra wrote:
> Op Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:40:28 +0200 schreef <joggingsong@gmail.com>:
> >   Application Specific Standard Product(ASSP)
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASSP
> "an integrated circuit sold to multiple clients for a single application"
>
> >   Structured ASIC
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit#Structured.2Fplatform_design
> "the logic mask-layers of a device are predefined by the ASIC vendor"
> "read carefully how the vendor defines its particular Structured or
> Platform ASIC"
>
> >   configurable processor
> probably means soft-core processor/controller like the Nios series.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nios_II
>
> >   I am not a IC design,but a embedded software engineer. A few new
> > terms come to me and I have no idea. I can find plenty of information
> > on the internet, but none of them explains the terms.
>
> Seems like enough explanations to understand it.
>
> > So can anyone give me an  introductionary explanation and give one
> > example each? thanx
> >
>
>
>
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Nios or Microblaze are configurable processors and it can probably
means more. Some companies, like Tensilica and Siliconhive, provide
processor core that you can modify in terms of your application, before
or after manufacture. They aim for a good tradeoff between flexbility
and cost. Of course, it is something quite new so probably there is
also some other explaination...

Wayne

Op Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:01:55 +0200 schreef Ali <abdulrazaq@gmail.com>:
> Boudewijn Dijkstra wrote:
>> Op Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:40:28 +0200 schreef <joggingsong@gmail.com>:
>> >   Application Specific Standard Product(ASSP)
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASSP
>> >   Structured ASIC
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit#Structured.2Fplatform_design
>> >   configurable processor
>> probably means soft-core processor/controller like the Nios series.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nios_II
>
> *BUT* folks can we really count on wiki?

In short: no, we can't.  Just like we can't really count on the newspapers.

> what if i just edit few pages
> according to my taste and knowledge? just something in my head;-)

There are people guarding the pages for subjectivity and unreferenced  
quotes.  Also, changes like that, that were not discussed or argumented,  
are often rolled back.  Easier-to-spot vandalism is rolled back by  
autonomous programs (bots).

> where
> as it is super good for quick reference, ofcourse i also visit these
> pages; sometimes.



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Boudewijn Dijkstra wrote:
> Op Mon, 31 Jul 2006 20:01:55 +0200 schreef Ali <abdulrazaq@gmail.com>:
> > Boudewijn Dijkstra wrote:
> >> Op Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:40:28 +0200 schreef <joggingsong@gmail.com>:
> >> >   Application Specific Standard Product(ASSP)
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASSP
> >> >   Structured ASIC
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application-specific_integrated_circuit#Structured.2Fplatform_design
> >> >   configurable processor
> >> probably means soft-core processor/controller like the Nios series.
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nios_II
> >
> > *BUT* folks can we really count on wiki?
>
> In short: no, we can't.  Just like we can't really count on the newspapers.
>
> > what if i just edit few pages
> > according to my taste and knowledge? just something in my head;-)
>
> There are people guarding the pages for subjectivity and unreferenced
> quotes.  Also, changes like that, that were not discussed or argumented,
> are often rolled back.  Easier-to-spot vandalism is rolled back by
> autonomous programs (bots).
>
> > where
> > as it is super good for quick reference, ofcourse i also visit these
> > pages; sometimes.
>
>
>
> --
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Fair enough!


ali