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ASIC BASICS teaches you: √ How ASICs make products like cell phones and medical equipment smaller, less expensive, and more capable every year. √ How manufacturing an integrated circuit is like making a pizza. √ Why designing logic is like sorting eggs. √ How to decide if ASICs are right for your project. √ How to develop ASICs, including step-by-step instructions for a disciplined ASIC development process. √ What to do when your project runs into trouble. Elaine Rhodes developed and used integrated circuits and ASICs for twenty-five years in Silicon Valley high-tech companies including Intel, Tandem Computers, and Quickturn Design Systems. Now she shares her knowledge of these building blocks of modern technology with you. If you are an engineer embarking on your first ASIC design, or if you are just curious about ASICs, then ASIC BASICS is the guide you want to read. (55 pages, color) [See also Lulu ID 123718 for less expensive, black & white edition.]