Modern hardware desing is largely based on integrated circuits. A growing part of these circuits are smaller micro circuits, designed for a certain application. Their more official name is ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuits). Digital circuit design and computer technology are key areas and whoever manages these areas is likely to be employed in the area of high technology.

Post-graduate studies in this field concentrate on digital signal processing algorithms and their implementation methods. Algorith research works to derive new more efficient structures e.g. for radio receivers. VLSI, VHDL and ASIC offer a great chance to gather up and implement the complex algorithms of signal processing direcly as circuits on silicon.

The superiority of this area is based on combining theory and practice, which is rare in the world of science. The algorithms of digital signal processing can be implemented in a smooth way by means of different equipment solutions or specific implementations can be developed by strictly theoretical means.

In recent years the field of signal processing has changed rapidly and has become of interest to a very broad constituency among the high technology companies. This broader set of users, coupled with technological advances in computers have led to a significant expansion in this area.