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Board design

The Aspire hardware design team is involved in the development and testing of boards for either re-engineering, new product development or the validation of the Silicon and to proto-type and to validate the design ideas that are developed by various clients.

Board development flow:

Architecture Description at Block Diagram Level
Schematic Capture for design
Component procurement strategy
Micro architecture design for FPGA or PLD
Chip count reduction and optimization
Timing analysis at board level
Re-design and re-sim
Netlist verification
Placement & Layout of PCB
PCB level Routing
Hand-off of del iverables (gerber file, PADS, Fab drawings, etc
Design Reviews with customer team
Supply management efforts if needed/interface with suppliers for necessary parts
As necessary coordination with PCB house, for proto build BOM preparation

The engineering team at Aspire has built in repository of knowledge covering various bus architectures for hardware designs such as:

PCI
SMBus
I2C
USB1.1, USB2.0
PC104
PCMCIA Controllers
ATA, IDE controllers
UART and other communication port interface

FPGA

Aspire team specializes in FPGA/PLD based, digital logic designs and IP cores. The team has the ability to handle complex, multi-million gate designs using state-of-the-art tools. Our proficiency lies in data processing algorithms, processor cores, memory controllers, bridge designs, digital audio transceivers and IP protocols on chip.

Our expertise covers the following areas:

FPGA designs including device selection, RTL coding, synthesis, P&R and proof of concept on Eval Board
VHDL and Verilog for design entry to exploit the FPGA architecture
PLD designs for Xilinx, Altera, Actel, Cypress, Quick Logic and Lattice PLDs
Processor Designs for obsolescence, customization and cost reduction
Memory controllers like, DDR-SDRAM, QDR-SRAM, SDRAM
BRIDGES for standard and custom bus technologies (eg: PCI, VME)
Data Processing Algorithm Implementation
Designs for digital and analog video standards
Image processing DMA controllers
Digital Audio Transceivers for Digital Audio Standards
Multi-million gate FPGA designs (up to 8 Million gates)

ASIC

Our well-established and proven methodologies have helped several clients meet their first-time silicon success goals. We offer flexible engagement models that allow clients to select options that best fit their requirement. We offer the following engagement models:

Starting from clients design inputs, the service includes: