Category Archives: FPGA Design

Industry’s First RISC-V SoC FPGA Architecture Brings Real-Time to Linux, Giving Developers the Freedom to Innovate in Low-Power, Secure and Reliable Designs

05/12/2018, hardwarebee

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 4, 2018 — RISC-V Summit – In a new era of computing driven by the convergence of 5G, machine learning and the internet of things (IoT), embedded developers need the richness of Linux-based operating systems. These must meet deterministic system requirements in ever lower power, thermally constrained design environments—all

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Xilinx Extends Functional Safety into AI-class Devices

20/11/2018, hardwarebee

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that its Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC family has been assessed as SIL 3, HFT1 capable, according the IEC 61508 functional-safety specification, by Exida, the leading functional safety certification agency. This assessment means product developers can build new high-performing systems including artificial intelligence (AI) for safety-critical applications

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How to Choose an FPGA for your Design

09/11/2018, hardwarebee

In this article we will give some guidelines on how to choose an FPGA for your design.
 
The process of choosing an FPGA is like any other decision-making process in our life. First you look inside to collect all the requirements for your project, and then you weigh your

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GOWIN Semiconductor Brings Ultra Low Power Programmable Logic Devices to Market

30/10/2018, hardwarebee

GOWIN Semiconductor Corp., the world’s leading innovator of programmable logic devices, introduces its latest family of small size and low power FPGA products, the GW1NZ “Mobile FPGA”.  Using proprietary design techniques and the latest in ultra-low power processes, GOWIN continues to add value to mobile and wearable applications through the

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Tactics For Fast, Predictable FPGA Timing Optimization

08/10/2018, hardwarebee

It is the start of a brand new day. You come to the office, open up a medical imaging design that met timing the day before and finds that a bugfix made by someone else has led to timing failures.
 
In the demanding world of high-performance FPGA design, there is

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Seeking FPGA Design Services? Get 3 Free Tips

27/09/2018, hardwarebee

Outsourcing your FPGA design to an external, 3rd party FPGA Design Service company can help you meet your deadline without having to invest in resources, tools or specialized FPGA design know-how. A good FPGA design services company can offer a complete turnkey service of developing an FPGA from scratch based

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Choosing the Right FPGA for the Right Price

25/09/2018, hardwarebee

20 years ago, I was an FPGA developer in a large company, where we developed high speed wireless systems. The product consisted of several boards and every board had 3-5 FPGAs. FPGA unit price was always a big issue for us. Our sales people were pushing to lower the product

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History and Milestones of the FPGA

09/09/2018, hardwarebee

This article covers the history and key development roadmap the lead into developing of the FPGA technology — starting from the initial inspection of the MOSFET transistor. It was a long journey of innovations and patents since 1957 that have made it possible to create the first FPGA.
 
 
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Xilinx Announces the Acquisition of DeePhi Tech

18/07/2018, hardwarebee

Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) the leader in adaptive and intelligent computing, announced today that it has acquired DeePhi Technology Co., Ltd (DeePhi Tech), a Beijing-based privately held start-up with industry-leading capabilities in machine learning, specializing in deep compression, pruning, and system-level optimization for neural networks.
 
DeePhi Tech has been developing its machine

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USB 3.0 – A Cost Effective High Bandwidth Solution for FPGA Host

16/07/2018, hardwarebee

The USB 3.0 has revolutionized the world of desktops and mobile devices by bringing much higher bandwidth and better power delivery compared to its predecessor USB 2.0. USB 3.0 (later renamed as USB 3.1 Gen 1) offers data rate of 5Gb/s or a whopping theoretical bandwidth of 625MB/s[1]. This is

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