asic design engineer working on a soft ip

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candysprinkles

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Drako said:
What is and ASIC engineer, or what is soft IP?
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What is both my boyfriend is a asic degn engineer and he does something with a soft ip! anyway and he is terrible at explaining this to me!!!!! He always tells me i wouldnt understand! Not nice
 
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brianmanahan said:
circuit design, soft intelectual property
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The soft IP probably refers to something like a soft processor, like Xilinx and Altera sell with their FPGAs. The are modules that allow you to build a processor with only the modules you need for your particular application.
 
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candysprinkles said:
What is both my boyfriend is a asic degn engineer and he does something with a soft ip! anyway and he is terrible at explaining this to me!!!!! He always tells me i wouldnt understand! Not nice
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An ASIC engineer designs integrated circuits, like a microprocessor for example. Soft IP generally refers to an integrated circuit which can be programmed (hence the soft part), like an FPGA. Hopefully you know what an FPGA is :).
 
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Drako said:
An ASIC engineer designs integrated circuits, like a microprocessor for example. Soft IP generally refers to an integrated circuit which can be programmed (hence the soft part), like an FPGA. Hopefully you know what an FPGA is :).
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FPGA is a new word for ASIC?
 
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Drako said:
No, and FPGA is a Field Programmable Gate Array. Google it :).

ASICs are not programmable, they are "hardwired" silicon. FPGAs are programmed when power is turned on.
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why is he a ASIC designer than?
 
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It means that he normally designs hardware but he's working on a software Internet Protocol - in other works, no more network cards or chips - it'll be software based.
 
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Numenorean said:
It means that he normally designs hardware but he's working on a software Internet Protocol - in other works, no more network cards or chips - it'll be software based.
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This is why i am confused he always says he is a hardware engineer
 
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Matthiasa

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Google all those terms together it does give a hint...
Most likely designing circuits that use or will become part of what is known as soft intellectual property. :p
 
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You would design an ASIC, and then programmable logic (FPGA is one type) would be used for low volume production so you could test and revise the design. Then once the circuit had been adequately tested to ensure it was working correctly, traditional fabbing/manufacturing would be done for higher volume production.

And I'd guess Drako is right about the soft IP part. FPGA design software will often include a library of pre-designed circuit blocks (for example, ARM CPU cores) that can be quickly and easily added to a circuit. So instead of having to design your own CPU from scratch, for example, you can just pull up the IP library and add one from it.

I still think he could explain it better than anyone here since it's what he does every day, lol. But this would be my guess. Hopefully it's helpful.
 
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candysprinkles

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gettin good info Thank you everybody :) Googled FPGA and that gave the best understanding
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HDL design VHDL verilog all languages he talks about
 
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