From its origins in 1989 as a design house for application-specific integrated circuits, ASIC Design Services today offers a broad range of design services and is a leading distributor for technically complex electronic components and EDA software.
Highly specialised, with more than 15 years experience in ASIC, FPGA, ASSP (Application Specific Standard Product) and PCB layout design, the company has a strong synergy of business activities providing optimal use of resources. It says this results in a highly competitive cost structure.
The company has particular specialised expertise in the following areas:
* Telecoms: E1 framers implemented on Actel FPGAs and integrated with Exar line interface units and HALO transformers.
* Computers: PCILite is the company's simple, cost-effective, customisable PCI solution.
* Data security: its efficient encryption cores (eg, AESlite) and DES, triple DES and AES cores available from Actel. Designs are implemented on Actel's 'design secure' FPGAs.
* DSP: the company implements DSP algorithms in hardware and offers a digital down converter ASSP.
* Datacoms: it offers custom solutions for a variety of bus protocols including I2C, 1553B and PCI.
* PCB layout: PADS PCB products.
Generally the services offered by ASIC Design Services include: specialised hardware design; programmable logic design (FPGAs, CPLDs); ASICs and ASSPs (eg PCILite); PCB layout; system design and integration; electronic component distribution - technical support and consulting.
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