PerbandinganMicrocontroller, FPGA, ASIC

Microcontroller FPGA ASIC

Fixed Price kecil sedang Besar

Variable Price besar sedang Kecil

Daya sedang besar kecil

Tingkat Kesulitan mudah sulit sulit

Fleksibilitas kurang sedang tinggi

The energy/flexibility conflict- Intrinsic Power Efficiency -

Technology

[H. de Man, Keynote, DATE‘02;T. Claasen, ISSCC99]

Operations/Watt[MOPS/mW]

ProcessorsReconfigurable Computing

hardwired muxed1

0.1

0.01

0.13µ

Necessary to optimize HW/SW; otherwise the prize for software flexibility cannot be paid!

Ambient Intelligence

0.07µ

DSP-ASIPs

µPs

10

0.25µ0.5µ1.0µ

poor design techniques

Application Specific Circuits (ASICS)or Full Custom Circuits

• Custom-designed circuits necessary–if ultimate speed or–energy efficiency is the goal and–large numbers can be sold.

• Approach suffers from–long design times,–lack of flexibility

(changing standards) and–high costs

(e.g. Mill. $ mask costs).

FPGA vs uCSummary:1. Microcontrollers are custom built mini computers in an IC while

FPGAs are only composed of logic blocks that can be rewired electrically

2. Microcontrollers consume less power than FPGAs3. FPGAs take a considerably longer time to set-up while there are

ready built microcontrollers being sold for specific uses4. Building devices with FPGAs are more costly than microcontrollers

• Sumber: http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-fpga-and-microcontroller/

ASIC vs FPGASummary:1. An ASIC is a unique type of integrated circuit meant for a specific

application while an FPGA is a reprogrammable integrated circuit.2. An ASIC can no longer be altered once created while an FPGA can.3. It is common practice to design and test on an FPGA before

implementing on an ASIC.4. An ASIC wastes very little material compared to an FPGA and the

recurring costs are low.5. FPGA is better than an ASIC when building low volume production

circuits.• Sumber: http://www.differencebetween.net/technology/difference-between-asic-and-fpga/

Niche Market, Mass Market

Niche Market, Mass Market• Mass marketing is creating a product which appeals to all types of

consumer. Mass marketing often ends up with the brand name being used instead of the product name e.g. Hoover not vacuum cleaner. Companies make use of global mass markets which means selling the same product with similar marketing techniques all around the world.

• Niche marketing is aiming a product at a specific type of consumer. A niche market is usually a smaller segment of a larger market. Companies using a niche market often get less sales than they would if they aimed at a mass market so they have to make up for this by charging a higher price (as the product is often more specific to consumer needs, the customer is normally willing to pay more). It is easier for smaller firms to operate niche markets as there is less competition from bigger companies.