Question 1:

You have been commissioned to design a digital system for automotive applications, and you are
now trying to decide the best approach to implement it. The company that pays for the circuit is
considering a first series of 25,000 units. The time to market is crucial for them because they
know that their competitors are working on a similar product. They need to have at least 5,000
out of the full 25.000 units in the market as soon as possible. After a preliminary design, you
have reached the following conclusions:
1. The size of the circuit will be equivalent to (aprox) 30.000 gates; so obviously the option
of implementing the circuit with SSI or MSI chips is out.
2. When using Standard Cells, the circuit would occupy about 5mm2.
3. The Gate Arrays model X available from company XX (hypothetical model and company)
has a size and performances that suit well your circuit.
4. Otherwise, there is a FPGA model Y1 of family Y (again hypothetical names) that also
meets your needs.
So you asked for prices and delivery times to foundries and companies to choose the best
implementation strategy for your circuit. The best cost and time delivery obtained for the
different options are shown in tables 3 , 4 and 5.
The goal of this exercise and the next one is to fill in table 1. You should compute the cost per
chip (first column), the delivery time of the first 5.000 units (second column), and the delivery
time of the whole series of 25.000 units (third column) for the 3 implementation strategies.Time
is measured in weeks.
To make easier the detection of errors in case you get a wrong answer, you will partially enter
table 1 in this exercise, and the rest in the next one. So, in this exercise you only have to enter
the values in the first column labeled as Costs. We are only interested in rough values,
sufficient enough to compare options; so, truncate all values to 2-digit integer numbers
(example: if you have computed the value 16.87, enter 16). Write the three values from top to
bottom, 2 digits for each number, and numbers separated by one blank space. For example, if the
result were table 2, you should write 20 21 22

Table 1

Table 2: Example

Table 3

Table 5
ANSWER:
15 18 23

Question 2:

Continuation of exercise 1)
Enter now the values corresponding to the second and third columns.
Write the six values by columns, 2 digits for each value, and values separated by
one blank space. For example, if the result were table 2 (see exercise 1), you
should write 09 09 06 09 09 46

Answer: 09 06 02 09 06 10

Question 3:
Fill in again the table 1 (see exercise 1), assuming now that the company
needs a series of 120,000 units.
As in exercise 1, we ask you to enter the values in the first column labeled
Costs. Write the three values from top to bottom, 2-digit integer (truncated)
numbers, separated by one blank space. For example, if the result were table 2,
you should write 20 21 22
Answer:
05 18 22

Question 4:
(Continuation of exercise 3)
Enter now the values corresponding to the second and third columns.
Write the six values by columns, 2-digit numbers, separated by one blank space.
For example, if the result were table 2 of exercise 1, you should write 09 09 06 09
09 46
The purpose of these four exercises is to compare the three "pure" implementation
strategies in terms of external cost and delivery time. I suggest you to compare
these results with those obtained for the series of 25.000 units and discuss in the
Forum the option you would choice
Answer:09 06 02 09 06 48