The other 90 percent is required to either keep the rest operational, or for other functions used at later times. This is why ASICs are less expensive, consume less power and boast greater performance. But ASIC gains come at the expense of flexibility. The handset designer has little opportunity to alter the design. ACM's CPE is 60 to 65 percent, balancing high performance and reduced battery-power consumption.
ACM technology refers to chips that adapt on the fly to do a variety of tasks.
This adaptability allows software routines to be embedded in the silicon and run at hardware speeds, and then be swapped out with the next algorithm. Constant conversion of software into hardware allows algorithms to operate faster and more efficiently than they would with conventional chip technology. ACM also extends standard DSP functionality by adding greater freedom to cell-phone designs changeable, to date, only by software. The ACM chip can be configured as needed, depending on what communication task is necessary. All rights reserved.