Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)
• A microchip designed to perform a specific or unique
application.
• ASIC integrates several functions into a single chip and thereby reduces the system development cost.
• Most of the ASICs are proprietary products.
• As a single chip, ASIC consumes very small area in the total system and thereby helps in the design of smaller systems with high capabilities/functionalities.
• The developers of such chips may not be interested in revealing the internal details of it..
