Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (VLSI Systems Series) | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael John Sebastian Smith
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 556305
Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 1040
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.9
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.8 x 1.6
ISBN: 0201500221
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.395
UPC: 785342500226
EAN: 9780201500226
ASIN: 0201500221
Publication Date: June 20, 1997
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Condition: Minor wear to edges
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Product Description
This comprehensive book on application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) describes the latest methods in VLSI-systems design. ASIC design, using commercial tools and predesigned cell libraries, is the fastest, most cost-effective, and least error-prone method of IC design. As a consequence, ASICs and ASIC-design methods have become increasingly popular in industry for a wide range of applications. The book covers both semicustom and programmable ASIC types. After describing the fundamentals of digital logic design and the physical features of each ASIC type, the book turns to ASIC logic design-design entry, logic synthesis, simulation, and test-and then to physical design-partitioning, floorplanning, placement, and routing. You will find here, in practical, well-explained detail, everything you need to know to understand the design of an ASIC, and everything you must do to begin and to complete your own design.
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 Detailed and exhaustive but outdated February 6, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
As an ASIC design engineer, I liked the concept of this book and the breadth of the material covered. This book is broadly divided into two parts - one on FPGA's/PLD's and one on custom ASIC's (the author refers to all of these as ASIC's). The FPGA section covers programmable cells, i/o cells interconnects and design software for some devices of Xilinx, Altera and Actel. I found these sections informative but a bit boring. As you may expect from a nearly 10 year old book, most of the information is outdated. The ASIC's section consists of chapters on HDL's (you are better off reading a separate book on Verilog/VHDL), synthesis, simulation, test, floorplannng, placement and routing. I found these sections much more useful. The writing style is incoherent in many places and very informal throughout. This book is better suited for a reference to a practising engineer than for a college textbook.
 This is the best ASIC book I have read. July 19, 2005
Fantastic book! Complete and very informative.
This book is well written November 27, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I saw the review (November 17) below that dislikes the explanations, editing, and style - and have to say I disagree. I think this must be a student in the UCI class who screwed up the first homework. This book is well-written. Read the beginning of Chapter 2 here, online, and read the other reviews.
 Find a better book November 17, 2003
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book is comprehensive, yes, but the explanations are poor. I find his writing style difficult to follow. The book is poorly edited as well, for example, the second chapter introduces datapath logic cells and then immediately goes into a multipage treatise of multiplier architecture. Interesting information but it seems much out of place given the context. The problems are not very helpful either. Often you will need to search for information outside of the text in order to complete the question. The author obviously knows the subject well, I just don't think he does a very good job of teaching it.
Great Starter and Reference January 28, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Smith's text is an excellent introductory text to those you are curious of the details of ASIC design. This was my first book on ASIC design and I still reference it often. A must read if you are an ASIC designer.
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