It's utterly pointless to compare a standard-cell design to a full-custom design using transistor count. Even between full-custom designs it's normal to see a 4x variation in area based on the foresight of the architect and the skill of the layout designer. By the way, BFL doesn't use the phrase "full custom" to mean the same thing it means in the industry.
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By the way, BFL doesn't use the phrase "full custom" to mean the same thing it means in the industry.
We don't? Please elaborate. (I'm serious, I'm not being snarky. If we/I am using it incorrectly, then I would like to use the proper term.)
Standard-cell ASICs and synthesis-flow ASICs are not considered full-custom chips.
The phrase "fully custom" is a BFL-ism that sounds a lot like "truthiness"
In fact the third google hit for "fully custom asic" on the entire interweb is BFL which ought to be a hint that it is a contortion of the usual industry terminology...Emphasis mine. (Google "Fully Custom ASIC". 14k results, most of them not BFL. The ones that are BFL? Someone else wrote it. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=83985.0))
Eh? Are you trying to tell us that "Fully Custom ASIC" is the correct term?
I think this calls for...
http://googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=%22Full+Custom%22+ASIC&word2=%22Fully+Custom%22+ASIC