When you need the best possible price and direct control of your ASIC, a COT (Customer Owned Tooling) solution is the best approach.

With AST’s COT solution the complete ASIC flow becomes visible to you from both the commercial and the technical aspects. You can select the foundry of your choice, develop or purchase the IP’s you need, and save on the ASIC vendor margin.

In order to lower your risks inherent in a COT approach, AST can offer a COT-Like flow in which AST ASIC Israel becomes your ASIC vendor, removing all risks from you. When the production volume becomes high enough, we transfer ownership of the masks to you, as well as the completed Data-Base and Production Manual, allowing you to achieve the best prices from the foundry.

AST ASIC Israel is a member of Tower Semiconductor's "Tower Authorized Design Centers (ADC)" program. 
We are also qualified with several other leading foundries, allowing our customers the flexibility of choice for the best suited vendor to the application and budget.