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ASIC Last modified: Monday, October 20, 2008
Pronounced ay-sik, and short for Application-Specific Integrated Circuit, a chip designed for a particular application (as opposed to the integrated circuits that control functions such as RAM in a PC). ASICs are built by connecting existing circuit building blocks in new ways. Since the building blocks already exist in a library, it is much easier to produce a new ASIC than to design a new chip from scratch. ASICs are commonly used in automotive computers to control the functions of the vehicle and in PDAs.		Related Categories Handhelds Integrated Circuits (ICs) Microprocessors Related Terms chip fab fabless integrated circuit silicon Printers ASIC Products Find best prices on Printers at DealTime and save money! Shop here to compare prices from 100s of merchants! Shop by Top Models: Brother MFC-9440cn All-In-One Laser Printer 22 store offers from $414 - $917 Hewlett Packard LASERJET P1006 PRINTER 266MHz PROCESSOR USB 2.0 PORT 8 store offers from $85 - $224 Brother - PC Label -Network Ready Printer 15 store offers from $127 - $208 Samsung SCX-4828FN MULTIFUNCTION LASER PRNTPRINTER 1200X1200 30PPM DPI 9 store offers from $350 - $470 Hewlett Packard REFURBISHED CC431A Col Lj Cm1312 Mfp P/c/s/f 8/12ppm 600dpi All-In-One Laser Printer 2 store offers from $485 - $485
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