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Define the following chip-related terms.
Spell out the acronym (where needed)
and provide a 1-sentance (or longer) definition.
SoC
ASIP
ASIC
CAD
NRE
FPGA
FSM
VHDL
RTL
top-down
bottom-up
Suppose that your company must decide between
fabricating a Million-gate custom Integrated Circuit or
implementing the same logic on a Field Programmable
Gate Array (FPGA). You are given the following parameters
Custom IC has NRE cost of $500,000
Custom IC has a per-unit cost of $50
FPGA has NRE cost of $5,000
FPGA has a per-unit cost of $200
Based only on the parameters above,
How many devices would your company need to fabricate
in order to build the custom IC with
break-even cost as compared to the FPGA?
Show your work.
Suppose that your company is preparing to release a
new System-On-Chip.
It is projected that for each month after the product is introduced,
the market for the device will increase by $500,000
per month (starting at zero,
and ending midway through the product lifetime).
Suppose that your product has a lifetime of 36 months.
Peak revenue for the device is projected
to occur at 18 months, and decline
thereafter by $500,000 per month.
Compute the revenue your company should expect if the
product is brought to market in 6 months.
Compute the revenue your company should expect if the
product is brought to market in 12 months.
Compute the revenue your company should expect if the
product is brought to market in 18 months.
Our message board for the course can be a useful forum to
discuss facts, hints, and trivia related to CS536.
Visit the message board to answer the following questions:
In 2002, what fraction of the seven billion processors produced
were used in embedded systems?
By 2002, what fraction of the code of a chip provided
the differentiating features that added value to a chip
What fraction contained common infrastructure?
Define the following terms related to Internet firewalls.
Spell out the acronym (where needed)
and provide a 1-sentance (or longer) definition.