For "Application Specific" read "DIY/Custom". Which roughly means
specially designed at a level much closer to basic chip design
than programming EPROM or PALs but above the level of designing
from-scratch a merchant micro or other complex 'standard' part.

Design not necessarily done by/at the chip factory.

DIY for the hardy engineer, with deep pocket$. Typically used
for production lot sizes and complexity between the two (above)
extremes.

R.Martin

Charles Linquist wrote:

> Application Specific Integrated Circuit
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <chainata@CEMENTHAI.CO.TH>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 1999 8:47 PM
> Subject: ASIC ???
>
> > Can anyone help me on ASIC ?
> > What does ASIC stand for ?
> >
> >
> > AS   Integrated Circuit ???
> >
> > Thanks
> > CT