Hackaday

VexRiscv: A Modular RISC-V Implementation For FPGA

Since an FPGA is just a sea of digital logic components on a chip, it isn’t uncommon to build a CPU using at least part of the FPGA’s circuitry. VexRiscv is an implementation of the RISC-V CPU ...
EDN

Synopsys steps up efforts in FPGA design tools

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Once thought of as paying only lip service to FPGA tools, Synopsys Inc. is now acting like a serious player in high-end FPGA design. The company recently announced it has developed ...
EDN

Inside DSP on Tools: FPGA Tools Bridge Gap Between Algorithm and Implementation

Increasingly FPGAs are being used to perform signal-processing tasks, particularly in computationally demanding application areas such as video processing and communications. Their massive parallelism ...
Design-Reuse

Synopsys Announces FPGA Synthesis Support for Xilinx's Newest ISE Design Suite 13

Designers using Synopsys' Synplify Pro® and Synplify® Premier FPGA synthesis software, in conjunction with Xilinx's latest ISE Design Suite 13, can achieve high design performance for Virtex®-7, ...
Electronic Design

Verification Techniques For FPGA Designs

With the increasing size and complexity of FPGA devices, there is a need for more efficient verification methods. Timing simulation can be the most revealing verification method; however, it is often ...