Semiconductor industry and market

What is an LSI called that is custom-designed for a specific application or customer?

  1. ACommodity memory
  2. BASIC (application-specific integrated circuit)
  3. CFPGA
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Answer: B. ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit)

An ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) is an LSI custom-designed for a particular product or application. Optimizing for only the needed functions gives advantages in performance and power, but development costs are high, so ASICs are used for products expected to sell in reasonable volumes.

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