EDN

How to design an FPGA architecture tailored for efficiency and performance

Until relatively recently, the majority of FPGA architectures were developed using 4-input lookup tables (LUTs), where each LUT is constructed from SRAM bits storing digital (0 or 1) information. Also ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Manycore-FPGA Architecture Employing Novel Duet Adapters To Integrate eFPGAs in a Scalable, Non-Intrusive, Cache-Coherent Manner (Princeton)

A technical paper titled “Duet: Creating Harmony between Processors and Embedded FPGAs” was written by researchers at Princeton University. “The demise of Moore’s Law has led to the rise of hardware ...
EDN

Xilinx set to debut novel FPGA architecture

It's easier to embed ASIC blocks in an FPGA than the other way around, a fact that has allowed FPGA suppliers to span outside their traditional market into sockets previously addressable only by ...
VentureBeat

FPGA chips are coming on fast in the race to accelerate AI

AI is hungry, hyperscale AI ravenous. Both can devour processing, electricity, algorithms, and programming schedules. As AI models rapidly get larger and more complex (an estimated 10x a year), a ...
The Next Platform

Xilinx Unveils xDNN FPGA Architecture for AI Inference

FPGAs might not have carved out a niche in the deep learning training space the way some might have expected but the low power, high frequency needs of AI inference fit the curve of reprogrammable ...
Design-Reuse

Microsemi is First FPGA Provider to Offer Open Architecture RISC-V IP Core and Comprehensive Software Solution for Embedded Designs

ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Nov. 16, 2016 – Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced ...
Design-Reuse

How to utilize advanced FPGA features without getting locked into an architecture

A vendor-independent design approach that allows design development independent of the target FPGA architecture can pay big dividends. Programmable logic in today's FPGAs now provides more than just ...
Semiconductor Engineering

FPGA Graduates To First-Tier Status

Robert Blake, president and CEO of Achronix, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about fundamental shifts in compute architectures and why AI, machine learning and various vertical ...
Electronic Design

Modular FPGA Architecture Spawns Multiple Silicon Optimizations

Though FPGA designers have tried to keep FPGAs as generic as possible, Xilinx feels it's time to craft FPGAs that are more in tune to specific market segments. To do this, its next-generation Virtex ...
Electronic Design

Architecture Supports Multiple Domain-Specific FPGA Platforms

Defined as revolutionary, the Application Specific Modular Block (ASMBL) architecture promises rapid, cost-effective deployment of multiple domain-specific FPGA platforms with a blend of features.