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ASIC Design Solutions

 

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.

 

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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, and Automotive.

Sensor Expertise for Application-Specific ASICs

 

Presto Engineering has expertise in various types of sensors to provide the best application fit for your ASIC.

  1. Motion / Inertial Sensor
  2. Microphones
  3. Ultrasonic Sensor
  4. Barometric Sensor
  5. Piezo Pressure Sensor
  6. Gas / Humidity and Temperature Sensor
  7. Magnetic Sensor
  8. Optical CMOS Image Sensor
  9. Time of Flight Sensor
  10. NIR Spectroscopic Sensor
  11. Lidar and Radar Sensor
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ASIC Design Benefits

 

Application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) outperform discrete and FPGA solutions by almost every measure. 

 

By tailoring each Application-Specific Integrated Circuit to a dedicated function, engineers achieve higher performance, power efficiency, and reliability than with any general-purpose approach. 

 

Key Advantages of ASIC Design

 
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Custom ASIC and SoC Development

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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

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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:

 

      • Feasibility analysis and system architecture definition

      • Analogue and digital partitioning

      • Performance, power, and cost optimization

      • 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

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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:

 

    • Bandgaps and LDO regulators

    • PLLs and oscillators

    • ADC and DAC converters

    • High-voltage (HV) circuits

    • 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

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Our digital ASIC design capabilities cover the complete implementation flow required to deliver robust silicon solutions.

Capabilities include:

 
    • RTL design (VHDL, Verilog)

    • IP integration and functional verification

    • System-on-Chip (SoC) design

    • Memory and Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) integration

    • Processor integration, including ARM, LEON, and RISC-V

    • 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.

 

 

Multiple development approaches

 

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

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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.

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Our markets

 

At Presto Engineering, we help companies innovate through intelligent ASIC design for tomorrow’s connected, automated, and high-performance systems. Our ASIC design and production expertise enables success across IndustrialMedicalAutomotive and Aerospace markets.

 

 

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  • Building and infrastructure automation
  • Production and process control systems
  • Security, surveillance, and safety applications
  • Logistics, transportation, and smart infrastructure

With robust ASIC architectures and optimized power consumption, we ensure consistent performance in harsh environments - from factory floors to smart cities.

 

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Medical

  • Diagnostic and patient monitoring equipment
  • Medical wearable devices for continuous tracking
  • Medical imaging systems such as ultrasound, MRI, and X-ray detectors

Our custom ASICs are designed under ISO 13485 and other quality standards, ensuring compliance and traceability for regulated markets.

 

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ITS & Automotive

  • Intelligent Traffic Systems (ITS): Tolling, V2X, and DSRC communication
  • Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS): LiDAR, radar, and tire pressure monitoring
  • Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: Battery management, powertrain control, and energy optimization

Our ASIC design process ensures full qualification to AEC-Q100 standards, providing long-term performance under extreme conditions.

 

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AEROSPACE

  • High reliability and deterministic behavior
  • Extended operating temperature ranges
  • Radiation-aware and fault-tolerant architectures
  • Long product lifecycles 
  • Obsolescence control
  • Compliance with aerospace and defense standards

 

We deliver turnkey ASIC and semiconductor solutions for aerospace and aviation, combining high‑reliability architectures, Ku/Ka‑band RF, and high‑speed data interfaces for next‑generation missions.

 

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