FSA Series ASPECT Standard Cells and Megacells
December 1989
FSA Series
ASPECT
TM
Standard Cells and Megacells
General Description
National Semiconductor offers the first
total solution for
digital system design
using the high-performance combi-
nation of ECL (Emitter-Coupled Logic) and standard-cell de-
sign methodology
The FSA Series provides a thorough combination of large
and small logic I O support cells and even memory The
FSA Standard Cell Library offers a comprehensive set of
176 system-oriented functions while the companion FSA
Megacell Library offers 29 soft and hard megacells including
critical computing engine components such as
embedded
memory arrays ALUs multipliers barrel shifters and
floating point units
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Features
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Scalable ASPECT
(Advanced Single Poly Emitter Cou-
pled Technology)
process technology provides mi-
gration path and state-of-the-art performance
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Industry-first ECL standard cell and megacell libraries
allow
mixed memory and logic up to 25k gates chip
Comprehensive set of 29 megacells including embed-
ded RAM and 176 standard cells allows system differ-
entiation
Typical internal logic performance 170 ps at 225
mA
Consistent design-tools interface DA4 runs on popular
workstation platforms
EDIF-standard backplane
for open design automation
methodology
Post-place-and-route back-annotation capability
up-
dates emitter follower selection to optimize speed
power
High-performance packaging technology offers high pin
count low thermal resistance
Full support for testability
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ASPECT
TM
is a trademark of National Semiconductor Corporation
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