ASIC Design

The journey of designing an ASIC is a long winding road which takes you from a concept to a working silicon. Although the end product is typically extremely small (in mm2), the journey is quite interesting, full of challenges and trade-offs which the designers need to wrap their heads around to make the best engineering call. This post covers the different steps in the ASIC design starting from ASIC design specification to design tape-out for manufacturing in the foundry, packaging and testing and highlight important decisions and activities that each step entails. Read more about ASIC design here: ASIC design from spec to chips.