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And you can do an FPGA to ASIC conversion which is probably the cheapest “custom” ASIC option out there.
by Robotbeat 6y ago
And you can do an FPGA to ASIC conversion which is probably the cheapest “custom” ASIC option out there.
- m3kw9 6y agoDon’t you need to have a minimum (substantial) amount to be made before a fab will do anything for you?
- Robotbeat 6y agoThere are companies that specialize in FPGA to ASIC conversion, and I think it works by sharing masks with other custom ASIC orders. So I think it’s feasible at thousands of units. It’s something like 50% lower power and cost per unit than FPGA and a little higher speed as well. Not super dramatic, but is a pretty easy path. I think $10,000 to $35,000 non-recurring costs plus the cost of the chips themselves. Potentially in the Kickstarter range. Full custom ASICs get much higher performance, lower power, lower per unit cost but have like a minimum of $500,000 NRE costs.