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Dual-port FPGA memory blocks: the ultimate system interconnect solution?

Using dual-port memories (“dual ports”) as system interconnects has proven to be an effective interface strategy for bridging multiple processing elements in high-performance applications. Not only do ...
Design-Reuse

Why does STMicroelectronics license in FPGA blocks?

LONDON — It's not explicit in STMicroelectronics' press release but the company has incorporated a third-party's embedded FPGA block in its wireless infrastructure "GreenField" chip rather than use ...
Electronics Weekly

Flex Logix adds RAM and DSP blocks to FPGA IP

Flex Logix is offering evaluation licences to SoC designers for block RAM and DSP cores which can be added to its embedded FPGA fabric. Flex Logix’ technology allows system-on-chip SoC designers to ...
Electronic Design

Q&A: Embedded FPGA Facilitates Reconfigurable SoC/MCU RTL Blocks

Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have provided developers with flexibility. Recently, FPGAs have incorporated system-on-chip (SoC) microprocessors such 64-bit, ARM Cortex-A57 cores. This ...
Electronic Design

FPGA Highways Speed Machine Learning and Communication

Today’s high-speed FPGAs have a passing similarity to their older counterparts. However, large arrays of identical lookup tables (LUTs) and interconnect fabrics have given way to high-speed, ...
Electronics Weekly

Atmel intros memory blocks for FPGA conversion

Atmel intros memory blocks for FPGA conversionNews from E-InSiteAtmel yesterday rolled out a set of 0.35micron and 0.25micron matrices for FPGA and PLD conversion. The San Jose-based company said its ...
The Next Platform

Microsoft Extends FPGA Reach From Bing To Deep Learning

After three years of research into how it might accelerate its Bing search engine using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), Microsoft came up with a scheme that would let it lash Stratix V devices ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Are FPGAs More Secure Than Processors?

Security concerns often focus on software being executed on processors. But not all electronic functionality runs in software. FPGAs provide another way to do work, and they can be more secure than ...
CIOL

Directory indexing over 17,000 blocks, FPGA devices

SAN JOSE: On 28 April, privately held Parallel Engines Corp. announced the availability of a directory indexing over 17,000 IP blocks and FPGA devices. Parallel Engines (Cupertino, Calif.) stated that ...
Design-Reuse

Dual-port FPGA memory blocks: the ultimate system interconnect solution?

The performance of dual-ports memory blocks in FPGAs is highly dependent on device utilization and how these blocks are instantiated. Using dual-port memories ("dual ports") as system interconnects ...