To serve prototype and initial production requirements, an emulation
solution is described where an ASIC semiconductor device die containing
primarily fixed functions, for example a DSP processor with programmable
instruction interface, is mounted in the same package as a conventional
FPGA device--the FPGA in this example implementing custom instructions
for DSP algorithm acceleration and connecting primarily to the fixed
function device. A fully integrated, single die ASIC solution is then
available for migration of designs to higher volume production where some
of the field programmable function will be replaced with fixed function.
The base wafer for the ASIC device used in the prototype package and base
wafer for the volume production ASIC device may be the same.