[comp.arch] ASIC

jabir@quintus.uucp (Jabir Hussain) (10/20/88)

could anyone tell me what ASIC stands for?  thanks

ken@hpclkms.HP.COM (Kenneth Sumrall) (10/22/88)

/ hpclkms:comp.arch / jabir@quintus.uucp (Jabir Hussain) /  9:21 am  Oct 20, 1988 /
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>could anyone tell me what ASIC stands for?  thanks
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ASIC := Application Specific Integrated Circuit

Ken "Call me an acronym junky" Sumrall
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conte@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu (10/24/88)

ASIC = Application-Specific Integrated Circuit


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mph@praxis.co.uk (Martin Hanley) (10/27/88)

In article <558@quintus.UUCP> jabir@quintus.UUCP (Jabir Hussain) writes:
>could anyone tell me what ASIC stands for?  thanks

Yeah. It stands for   "Application Specific Integrated Circuit", and
is American for "Custom Chip".

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				mph.

dave@stcns3.stc.oz (Dave Horsfall) (11/01/88)

In article <650006@hpclkms.HP.COM> ken@hpclkms.HP.COM (Kenneth Sumrall) writes:
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| >could anyone tell me what ASIC stands for?  thanks
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| ASIC := Application Specific Integrated Circuit

It's also the name of a jogging shoe here in Australia...

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