This article reviews the relative strengths and weaknesses of microcontroller (MCU), digital signal processor (DSP), field programmable gate array (FPGA) and application-specific integrated circuit ...

FPGAs now deliver ASIC-like density and performance, and their flexibility and operational characteristics offer distinct advantages. As innovative architectures with embedded processors, memory ...

Worst-case static power consumption for the CAP7L is between 3mW and 4mW ” 98% less that the power consumed by a typical FPGA,” Johnson said. The design flow for the CAP7L is the same as it would be ...

Other topics may include the following: High speed digital design, interface to SDRAM devices, embedded processors (hardware, software, test implications), HDL design techniques for effective logic ...

Also, the FPGA can run hundreds of MAC units in parallel. As a result, the performance may far exceed that of DSP uPs. ASIC. An ASIC offers even higher levels of "dedication" than the FPGA. ASICs are ...

A serial RapidIO core, available for use on FPGA platforms or structured or cell-based ASIC designs, has been implemented as a serial RapidIO to PCI bridge. The core has been instantiated in both ...

Mapping from a field programmable gate array (FPGA) to an application specific IC (ASIC) is subject to some limitations. This white paper identifies some of the most common limitations in this mapping ...

Build a high performance quad-channel H.264 encoder using lowcost, low power FPGAs to deliver higher resolutions and frame rates. Good techniques for FPGA implementations of the mod operation have ...

True, I can see them doing this, but why an FPGA? I would think that Apple could have just as easily used a powerful DSP based solution for Afterburner as well, while cutting down on software ...

If a customer needs a 512-bit bus coming into our embedded FPGA block at a 500-MHz to 1-GHz data rate, that’s impossible to do with an external FPGA. Cost and power are other considerations that ...