Editing Application-specific integrated circuit (section)

== Application-specific standard product ==
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An '''application-specific standard product''' or '''ASSP''' is an [[integrated circuit]] that implements a specific [[Function (engineering)|function]] that appeals to a wide market. As opposed to ASICs that combine a collection of functions and are designed by or for one [[customer]], ASSPs are available as off-the-shelf components. ASSPs are used in all industries, from automotive to communications.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Maxfield |first1=Max |title=ASIC, ASSP, SoC, FPGA – What's the Difference? |url=https://www.eetimes.com/asic-assp-soc-fpga-whats-the-difference/ |website=[[EE Times]] |access-date=2 February 2025 |date=23 June 2014 }}</ref>

For example, two ICs that might or might not be considered ASICs are a controller chip for a PC and a chip for a [[modem]]. Both of these examples are specific to an application (which is typical of an ASIC) but are sold to many different system vendors (which is typical of standard parts). ASICs such as these are sometimes called application-specific standard products (ASSPs).

Examples of ASSPs are encoding/decoding chip, Ethernet network interface controller chip and flash memory controller chip.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.latticesemi.com/products/designsoftwareandip/intellectualproperty/ipcore/eurekacores/ep501nandflashcontroller |title=EP501: NAND Flash Controller |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240418010628/https://www.latticesemi.com/products/designsoftwareandip/intellectualproperty/ipcore/eurekacores/ep501nandflashcontroller |archive-date=April 18, 2024 |access-date=May 8, 2025 |website=[[Lattice Semiconductor]] |url-status=live}}</ref>