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Where is the Keysight Megazoom V ASIC?
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EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Kleinstein on May 30, 2024, 08:20:29 am ---I would not bet on a new ASIC.  The advantage of an ASIC over an FPGA is possibly lower power consumption at the same performance. However ASICs can not use the high end processes as FPGAs due to the very high mask costs. So the advantage is getting smaller and smaller - if there is any left at all.
If at all a ASIC would be thing for high volume, low cost solutions, or if there is no access to high end FPGAs but only cheap not so high end chips. This would not be KS, but more Rigol / Sigilent.

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Yes, it will be interesting to see which direction they take in their next scope architecture.
On the one hand the Megazoom IV ASIC have kept them in the game for 13+ years now, and it's still one of the most if not the most responsive scope on the market.
Basically the only downside was integrating the sample memory on the die, so as the years went on the memory size began to look very limited.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: jc101 on May 30, 2024, 09:56:26 am ---My biggest issue with Keysight is the move to renting the hardware features.
For example, the E36731A Battery Emulator and Profiler is a PSU and electronic load you can drive perfectly from the front panel. However, to use the Battery Emulation side, you need to obtain a licence for BenchVue, as it can only be driven from the PC. The licence is rented annually.
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Yeah, that sucks arse.
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: nctnico on May 30, 2024, 06:11:10 pm ---It is possible though that Keysight has developed an ASIC containing an off-the-shelve GPU solution + ADC interface as a building block for a DSO. Whatever Keysight comes up with has to be a leap forward somehow.
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Agreed, it has to be a leap forward.
They have just been bested by R&S's ASIC in terms of update speed.
It has to be a 12 bit solution as that is standard now.
It has to have HDMI as standard, and hi-res to boot. One possible innovation here would be to actually scale the waveform data if you connect an external monitor. No other scope has that.
I wouldn't bet against marketing adding AI in some way  :-DD
Announcing the new Keysight 3000AI
EEVblog:

--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on May 30, 2024, 09:22:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kleinstein on May 30, 2024, 08:20:29 am ---I would not bet on a new ASIC.  The advantage of an ASIC over an FPGA is possibly lower power consumption at the same performance.

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And lower cost, though only after the NRE is revovered.

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The other are still doing ASIC. R&S did it. Rigol did it.
It does allow absurdly powerful specs to flow down into lower market segments.
Someone:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on May 31, 2024, 02:56:26 am ---
--- Quote from: mikeselectricstuff on May 30, 2024, 09:22:26 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kleinstein on May 30, 2024, 08:20:29 am ---I would not bet on a new ASIC.  The advantage of an ASIC over an FPGA is possibly lower power consumption at the same performance.

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And lower cost, though only after the NRE is revovered.

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The other are still doing ASIC. R&S did it. Rigol did it.
It does allow absurdly powerful specs to flow down into lower market segments.

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Rigol didn't, they have analog and ADC ASICs, but the waveform rendering is FPGA.
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