2 definitions by Evan S.

ASIC

Aplication Specific Integrated Circuit. In networking hardware such as switches: a hardware chip that determines what port to forward data to.

The ASICs in this switch are faster than those in this switch, which is 5 years older.

by Evan S. June 22, 2005

Aplication Specific Integrated Circuit. Used in networking components: a hardware chip used to make decisions on what network port to send data to.

The ASICs on this brand new cisco switch is better than the ones on this old one from 5 years ago!

by Evan S. June 22, 2005