Embedded

Basics of core-based FPGA design: Part 2 – System design considerations

There are a number of system design factors requiring consideration when implementing an FPGA processor. Some of those factors include the use of co-design, processor architectural implementation, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Basics Of Embedded FPGA Acceleration

Making a chip run faster is no longer guaranteed by shrinking features or moving to a different manufacturing process. It now requires a fundamental change in the architecture of the chip itself. The ...
BizTech

What Is an FPGA? Understanding Field-Programmable Gate Arrays

Ernie Smith is a former contributor to BizTech, an old-school blogger who specializes in side projects, and a tech history nut who researches vintage operating systems for fun. When it comes to major ...
EDN

Enhancing SoC HW/SW co-verification with FPGA-based prototyping

Hardware assisted verification (HAV) has become far more accessible and affordable to help design teams get massive SoCs to ...
EDN

Get a hands-on tutorial in FPGA design at ESC Silicon Valley

I just heard from my chum Jason Pecor at Alorium Technology. Jason and his colleague, Bryan Craker, will be giving a 2-hour tutorial at ESC Silicon Valley 2016. Titled A Novel Hands-On Approach to ...
Design-Reuse

The basics of FPGA mathematics

One of the many benefits of an FPGA-based solution is the ability to implement a mathematical algorithm in the best possible manner for the problem at hand. For example, if response time is critical, ...
Electronic Design

Sensor Bridge Runs It All Through High-Bandwidth Ethernet

Microchip aims to simplify connectivity by supporting NVIDIA's Ethernet-based Holoscan Sensor Bridge (HSB) technology.
Design And Reuse

Digital Signature verification in embedded systems: Software or Hardware?

In a software implementation, cryptographic algorithms are executed as software instructions by a general-purpose or embedded ...
Electronic Design

FPGA Security Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures

A field-programmable gate array (FPGA), which consists of memory, programmable logic gates, and other components, is generally involved in digital-circuit design. FPGA settings are typically defined ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Embedded FPGA Basics

You do not need know about FPGAs to integrate reconfigurable RTL into your SoC: our software maps your RTL into our EFLX array for you. But if you are curious, read on. FPGAs are field programmable ...