从ASIC到SOC（英文版）

    Information you can put straight to work!ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits)and SOCs (Systems On a Chip) are among the hottest topics in semiconductor chip design today. If you're a front-end or back-end chip designer looking to learn the latest techniques and methodologies, this book is for you.From ASICs to SOts: A Practical Approach explains ASIC and SOC design and verification for the real world--by covering the same issues and dilemmas you'll face on the job!An emphasis on techniques and principles over the particulars of design tools gives you a deeper understanding of the material and will make you much more effective in your work,regardless which tools you use.
Topics include:
·Methodologies and design flows for front-end and back-end designs
·Modern physical design techniques
·Integration of IPs on SOC designs
·Low-power design techniques and methodologies
·VolP (Voice over IP) and STB (Set-Top Box) SOC design examples
·Tips and guidelines for front-end and back-end designs
With content centering on practical and current information and techniques, From ASICs to SOCs: A Practical Approach is intended for self-study by practical ASIC and SOC engineers.It also makes an excellent reference book for graduate students in electrical engineering.

　　Information you can put straight to work!
　　ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits)and SOCs (Systems On a Chip) are among the hottest topics in semiconductor chip design today. If you're a front-end or back-end chip designer looking to learn the latest techniques and methodologies, this book is for you.
　　From ASICk to SOCk: A Practical Approach explains ASIC and SOC design and verification for the real world-by covering the same issues and dilemmas you'll face on the job! An emphasis on techniques and principles over the particulars of design tools gives you a deeper understanding of the material and will make you much more effective in your work,regardless which tools you use.

List of Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Voice Over IP SOC
1.3 Intellectual Property
1.4 SOC Design Challenges
1.5 Design Methodology
1.6 Summary
1.7 References
2 Overview of ASICs
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Methodology and Design Flow
2.3 FPGA to ASIC Conversion
2.4 Verification
2.5 Summary
2.6 References
3 SOC Design and Verification
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Design for Integration
3.3 SOC Verification
3.4 Set -Top-Box SOC
3.5 Set-Top-Box SOC Example
3.6 Summary
3.7 References
4 Physical Design
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Overview of Physical Design Flow
4.3 Some Tips nd Guidelines for Physical Design
4.4 Modern Physical Design Techniques
4.5 Summary
4.6 References
5 Low-Power Design
A Low-Power Design tools
B Open Core Protocol(OCP)
C Phase-Locked Loops(PLLS)
Glosary
Index

The term SOC (system-on-a-chip) has been used in the electronic industry over the last few years. However, there are still a lot of misconceptions associated with this term. A good number of practicing engineers don't really understand the differences between ASICs and SOCs. The fact that the same EDA tools are used for both ASICs and SOCs design and verification doesn't help to reduce the misconceptions. This book describes the practical aspects of ASIC and SOC design and verification. It reflects the current issues facing ASIC/SOC designe..

We are indebted to Professor Wayne Wolf of the electrical engineering department at Princeton University and Richard Rubinstein for their detailed review of the manuscript, constructive criticism, and suggestions of information to be added. In addition we would like to thank the following people and companies: ·The staff of Prentice Hall, especially Bernard Goodwin, for his support of this project ·Ken Schmidt for reviewing the chapter on low power ·Ron Sailors for reviewing parts of the book ·Farshid Tabrizi and Munir Ahmed of Ammocore..