Digitalaudio,speechrecognition,cablemodems,radar,high-definitiontelevision-thesearebutafewofthemoderncomputerandcommunicationsapplicationsrelyingondigitalsignalprocessing(DSP)andtheattendantapplication-specificintegratedcircuits(ASICs).Asinformation-ageindustriesconstantlyreinventASICchipsfor