Barco Silex design services
Conversion services
- ASIC / GATE ARRAY to FPGA / PLD
- FPGA / PLD to ASIC / GATE ARRAY
- GATE ARRAY to GATE ARRAY
- FPGA / PLD to FPGA / PLD
Conversion is a main activity at Barco Silex. For many years, we are specialised in conversion techniques from one vendor to the library of another vendor. This means that for EOL (End of Life) older designs based on technologies like 2.0 µ and 1.5 µ can be converted. And there are more good reasons for conversion.
FPGAs for Design, ASICs for Production
Quickturn prototyping for logic ICs is critical for system development and meeting critical market demands.
FPGAs / PLDs provide a flexible IC solution to develop a product and, hence, a system quickly.
When considering production, lower cost ASIC solutions are necessary to provide competitive product to the market place.
END of LIFE
End of life of a lot of ASICs / FPGAs and standard ICs are becoming much more significant as many of the IC suppliers are accelerating the migration of their products to more advanced technologies and obsoleting older products. The conversion to a technology with long-term support is a lower risk and cost than the traditional approach of building inventory as part of a last time buy. Barco Silex is offering his extensive experience in providing EOL solutions for discontinued ASIC / GATE ARRAY / ICs.
Higher Performance
Converting FPGAs / PLDs to an ASIC / GATE ARRAY is lowering the standby and operating current, plus you gain design speed. The designer has also a greater selection of cells and a wide selection of IPs, logic and memory to integrate.
Integration
Converting several FPGAs / PLDs and consolidating the logic in a single Gate Array uses less printed circuit board space, reduces the component count, consumes less power, and improves the reliability of the system.
