ASIC Design Services
Designing an application‑specific integrated circuit (ASIC) can be a game-changer for your business.
Presto Engineering can help you define, design and produce the right ASIC for your next product.
Maximizing ASIC Performance with Presto Engineering's Expertise
With over 20 years of ASIC design experience, Presto Engineering delivers high-performance, low-power ASICs that combine innovation, reliability, and optimized power consumption.
Our teams master every stage of the ASIC design process - from specification over schematic and RTL (Register-Transfer Level) to physical design and verification.
This comprehensive approach ensures that each integrated circuit meets the specific functional and performance requirements of demanding sectors such as Industrial, Medical, Aerospace and Mobility.
Sensor Expertise for Application-Specific ASICs
Presto Engineering has expertise in various types of sensors to provide the best application fit for your ASIC.
- Motion / Inertial Sensor
- Microphones
- Ultrasonic Sensor
- Barometric Sensor
- Piezo Pressure Sensor
- Gas / Humidity and Temperature Sensor
- Magnetic Sensor
- Optical CMOS Image Sensor
- Time of Flight Sensor
- NIR Spectroscopic Sensor
- Lidar and Radar Sensor
Custom ASIC and SoC Development
Presto Engineering delivers comprehensive ASIC design capabilities supporting the full semiconductor development lifecycle — from concept and chip specifications to industrialization and production.
As a vertically integrated engineering partner, we provide both custom ASIC design and turn-key semiconductor development across a wide range of analogue, mixed-signal, and digital technologies. Our teams combine silicon-proven IP, advanced design tools, and agile development methods to deliver high-performance ASICs optimized for power efficiency, reliability, and time-to-market.
Every project follows our proprietary Presto Quality Development Flow (QuDF), ensuring rigorous design control, proactive risk management, and predictable project delivery.
ASIC Chip Specification and Architecture
The success of any custom chip design begins with a robust architecture and specification phase. Our engineers work closely with customers to transform system concepts into a complete ASIC architecture in accordance with a chip specification.
Key activities include:
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Feasibility analysis and system architecture definition
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Analogue and digital partitioning
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Performance, power, and cost optimization
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Architecture modelling and validation
This structured methodology ensures that technical goals are clearly defined before the design phase begins, reducing development risk and improving design efficiency.
Analogue and Mixed-Signal ASIC Design
Presto Engineering has extensive expertise in analogue and mixed-signal ASIC design, enabling the development of high-performance integrated circuits for demanding applications.
Our teams design and integrate analogue IP optimized for low power, high speed, or high-voltage operation.
Typical analogue IP capabilities include:
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Bandgaps and LDO regulators
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PLLs and oscillators
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ADC and DAC converters
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High-voltage (HV) circuits
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Supply and temperature sensing
Advanced modelling, simulation, and verification tools allow us to validate complex mixed-signal architectures early in the development process.
Digital ASIC and SoC Design
Our digital ASIC design capabilities cover the complete implementation flow required to deliver robust silicon solutions.
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RTL design (VHDL, Verilog)
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IP integration and functional verification
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System-on-Chip (SoC) design
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Memory and Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) integration
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Processor integration, including ARM, LEON, and RISC-V
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FPGA to ASIC
Implementation services include synthesis, static timing analysis, design-for-test (DFT), place & route, physical verification, and GDSII generation, enabling reliable right-first-time silicon.
Industry-Standard Semiconductor Design Tools
We manage all major design stages using leading semiconductor EDA tools.
Analogue design is centered on the Cadence Virtuoso platform, allowing accurate modelling of parasitics, timing, signal integrity, and power integrity early in the physical implementation phase.
Digital simulation and physical verification rely on Mentor and Cadence design environments, ensuring robust verification and efficient ASIC development.
From ASIC Design to Production
Beyond design, Presto Engineering helps you transition to manufacturing with its SQuP industrialization process and proprietary OCEAN platform, giving you full visibility across testing, packaging, and semiconductor supply chain operations.
This integrated approach enables customers to move from ASIC concept to production with confidence, efficiency, and speed.
Depending on your internal resources and objectives, Presto Engineering adapts its engagement model to fit your needs:
Customer Requirements Driven
Presto designs the ASIC based on the customer’s specifications
Co-Development Partnership
Both partners develop different parts of the ASIC
Customer develops ASIC
Presto provides IP integration, design-for-test (DFT), and packaging services
Presto’s Quality Development Flow (QuDF)
At Presto Engineering, every ASIC design process follows our proprietary Quality Development Flow (QuDF) — a structured, stage-gated methodology that ensures predictable schedules, high design quality, and reliable silicon results.
Each step of the process builds on the previous one, combining technical excellence with agile project management and proactive risk control.
In the definition phase, we clearly define project goals and requirements. This helps create a strong foundation for the ASIC design.
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Key deliverables include:
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Detailed requirement specification
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Risk and KPI dashboard for project tracking
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Early ASIC design estimation
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Full development plan covering milestones and dependencies
The architectural design phase defines the ASIC’s high-level structure and its functional blocks.
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Verification plan to validate design intent
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Project schedule aligned with resource allocation
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Functional specification for logic and interface definition
This stage transforms the architecture into a verified, implementable design.
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Design validation plan
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Verification report ensuring RTL-to-gate consistency
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Production test specification to prepare for manufacturing
In the layout phase, the team converts the logical design into a physical implementation ready for fabrication.
Deliverables: Layout verification report to confirm geometry, timing, and power integrity
Once validation is complete, the team finalizes the design for manufacturing.
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Mask approval and release to fabrication
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Coordination with Presto’s supply chain partners for wafer production
The prototype validation stage confirms silicon functionality and production readiness.
Key activities:
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Design validation report
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Test development checklist and ramp-up sign-off ensuring smooth transition to volume production