Full Custom or Agile ASIC™?
All of Triad's designs are full custom designs. All of Triad's designers are full custom IC designs.
An Agile ASIC is a full-custom IC that is enhanced with via reconfigurability agility features.
We will work with you to determine which implementation option is best for you:
Determining which option is best for your program is a consultive effort between our two companies. We will work with you to understand your program and business unique requirements and we will jointly develop a custom IC solution that best insures your success in the market place.
Agile ASIC
100% via reconfigurable mixed signal ASIC
Focused Agile ASIC
Focused areas of the mixed signal ASIC are via reconfigurable while other areas of the ASIC are implemented as standard cell logic (digital) or full custom (analog)
Full Custom ASIC
No via reconfigurability included in the design. Analog implemented as full custom and digital implemented as standard cell logic
Fast-Full-Custom Migration
Rapid prototyping and early production with an Agile ASIC and migration to a full custom ASIC to support the highest of production volumes.
Agile ASIC Frequently Aske Question
Are Agile ASICs are lower performance than full custom?
20-bit analog to digital converters
Demanding drift specifications over temperature
Do unused resources in an Agile ASIC waste power?
Unused resources in an Agile ASIC are tied off so that do not consume power. And, unused resources can often be used to create local decoupling capacitors which can greatly improve the noise performance of a design.
Are Agile ASICs larger and more expensive than full custom?
Customer shipping 50-million units per year with Agile ASIC where fractions of a penny cout
White Paper: Comparative Analysis of Change Management Strategies in Full Custom and Agile ASICs
Designs with significant digital can opt for Focused Agility where portions of the design are implemented as digital standard cell and portions of the analog design are fully agile.
Can Full Custom Mixed Signal ASICs be fixed with metal only changes?
How significant of a ViaOnly change can be made in an Agile ASIC?
Complete analog & digital rearchitecture to achieve 50% reduction example
Fix a drive circuit with a load specification that was off by a factor of 20 example
Convert an Agile ASIC from a munitions application to a medical application example
Example showing all the things that can be done with a single pair of via reconfigurable transistor fingers
Example showing all the things that can be made with a single tile
An Agile ASIC is a full-custom IC that is enhanced with via reconfigurability agility features.
We will work with you to determine which implementation option is best for you:
- Agile ASIC
- Focused Agile ASIC
- Full-Custom ASIC
- Fast-Full-Custom Migration
Determining which option is best for your program is a consultive effort between our two companies. We will work with you to understand your program and business unique requirements and we will jointly develop a custom IC solution that best insures your success in the market place.
- Time to prototype requirements
- Design feature stability
- Performance risk assessment
- Time to market requirements
- Likelihood of emerging requirements post production release
- Tolerance for schedule slips
- Tolerance for project cost overruns
- Program-related total cost of ownership considerations of future projects
Agile ASIC
100% via reconfigurable mixed signal ASIC
Focused Agile ASIC
Focused areas of the mixed signal ASIC are via reconfigurable while other areas of the ASIC are implemented as standard cell logic (digital) or full custom (analog)
Full Custom ASIC
No via reconfigurability included in the design. Analog implemented as full custom and digital implemented as standard cell logic
Fast-Full-Custom Migration
Rapid prototyping and early production with an Agile ASIC and migration to a full custom ASIC to support the highest of production volumes.
Agile ASIC Frequently Aske Question
Are Agile ASICs are lower performance than full custom?
20-bit analog to digital converters
Demanding drift specifications over temperature
Do unused resources in an Agile ASIC waste power?
Unused resources in an Agile ASIC are tied off so that do not consume power. And, unused resources can often be used to create local decoupling capacitors which can greatly improve the noise performance of a design.
Are Agile ASICs larger and more expensive than full custom?
Customer shipping 50-million units per year with Agile ASIC where fractions of a penny cout
White Paper: Comparative Analysis of Change Management Strategies in Full Custom and Agile ASICs
Designs with significant digital can opt for Focused Agility where portions of the design are implemented as digital standard cell and portions of the analog design are fully agile.
Can Full Custom Mixed Signal ASICs be fixed with metal only changes?
How significant of a ViaOnly change can be made in an Agile ASIC?
Complete analog & digital rearchitecture to achieve 50% reduction example
Fix a drive circuit with a load specification that was off by a factor of 20 example
Convert an Agile ASIC from a munitions application to a medical application example
Example showing all the things that can be done with a single pair of via reconfigurable transistor fingers
- Differential pair
- Change the W/L ratio of the transistor
- Current mirror
- ...
Example showing all the things that can be made with a single tile
- Sigma Delta Modulator
- SAR ADC
- Voltage DAC
- Programmable Gain Amplifier
- LDO
- LDO Controller
- Switched Capacitor Filter
- Switched Capacitor Integrator
- Continuous Time Filter
- ...