News Release from: eASIC Corp
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 8 July 2004
Tenth patent for novel structured ASIC technology
eASIC Corp has received its tenth patent for its configurable structured ASIC Technology.
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eASIC Corp has received its tenth patent for its configurable structured ASIC Technology. The patent, entitled "Customisable and programmable cell array", was issued on 29th June 2004 by the US Patent and Trademark Office. This patent protects eASIC's routing fabric that uses a single via for customisation and applies to any metal routing fabric that comprises at least three metal layers.
With this addition, eASIC's patent portfolio broadly covers the company's structured ASIC fabric that features FPGA-like SRAM-LUT logic programmability combined with segmented standard metal routing, customised by a single via layer.
This patented technology allows eASIC to offer a fast-turn structured ASIC with no NRE (nonrecurring engineering) cost, effectively using the maskless customisation technique of direct-write e-beam.
The eASIC fabric presents a unique breed of structured ASIC with an interconnect approach that eliminates all the pitfalls of FPGA.
This technique employs only a single via layer (via-6) for routing customisation, keeping all metal layers standardised and pre-fabricated up to metal-6.
Through its reprogramming capability and efficient interchange between logic gates and memory bits, eASIC's fabric features higher flexibility and ease-of-debug compared with other cell-based ASICs.
And through its customised interconnection approach, eASIC provides significantly lower production unit cost and higher performance compared with FPGAs.
This technology, called Structured eASIC, is the foundation for a set of product families that is being developed with strategic partners.
eASIC's goal is not to keep its technology as trade secrets but rather to open it by joining forces with industry leaders in order to develop a complete solution, based on its breakthrough technology.
Securing a comprehensive and broad patent portfolio, while sharing the product development with partners, epitomises the company's business strategy.
eASIC's unique business approach is aimed at making the Structure eASIC available to customers through multiple sources, reducing customer risk and providing broader ASIC offerings by leveraging each of their partners' strengths.
"We are pleased with this additional recognition of eASIC's breakthrough technology", said Svi Or-Bach, eASIC President and CEO.
"Our patent portfolio includes broad and fundamental claims, providing eASIC with a strong IP protection.
eASIC was founded based on identifying early on the need for a new ASIC design alternative now called Structured ASIC".
"eASIC's technology is the only solution that can provide NRE-free ASIC together with low production unit cost and high performance".
"Our Structured eASIC technology constitutes a paradigm shift in ASIC, reinvigorating innovation in silicon by once again allowing affordable ASIC designs".
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