FPGAs
Functional safety design flow speeds IEC61508 certification
Lattice Semiconductor has introduced a functional safety design flow solution which enables users to simplify and speed up the IEC61508 safety certification process for safety-critical applications using Lattice FPGAs. Certified by TÜV-Rheinland, the solution enables engineers to adhere to latest safety design methodology, save time and reduce costs.
Compact embedded module combines CPU & FPGA
DAVE Embedded Systems will unveil BORA Xpress, a Dual ARM Cortex-A9 + FPGA CPU module, based on the Xilinx Zynq XC7Z015/XC7Z030 application processor, from 24th to 26th February 2015 at Embedded World 2015, Nuremberg, hall 4, stand 481. BORA Xpress is suitable for applications such as medical instrumentation, advanced communication systems, critical real-time operations and safety.
FPGAs achieve 40GFLOPS-per-Watt in cloud data centre acceleration
Microsoft is using Altera's Arria 10 FPGAs, to achieve compelling performance-per-Watt in data centre acceleration based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) algorithms, which are frequently used for image classification, image recognition and natural language processing.
FPGA mezzanine card carrier suits DSP applications
Pentek has introduced the latest member of its Flexor line of FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) carriers: the Model 7070 PCIe FMC carrier with a Virtex-7 FPGA. As a stand-alone signal processing board, it provides a suitable development and deployment platform for demanding DSP applications. Combined with any of Pentek’s FMCs, it creates a complete radar and software radio solution.
Hybrid FPGA processing board expands Virtex-7 flexibility
A 6U VPX FPGA processing board powered by two Xilinx Virtex-7 and one QorIQ T1042 e5500 quad-core processor has been introduced by Interface Concept. The IC-FEP-VPX6b is a VPX hybrid processing engine coupling latest-gen FPGAs and processors. Due to its QorIQ processor and PCIe advanced switch, the IC-FEP-VPX6b board expands the flexibility of the two Virtex-7 FPGAs and the VPX high bandwidth serial interfaces.
Virtual-ASIC processor is ready for UHD video
Calibre has announced a virtual-ASIC video processor capable of scaling, switching, enhancing, correcting and converting UHD formats including 4K and WQXGA. Based on Altera FPGAs, Calibre’s virtual-ASIC technology will be offered as Calibre Pro-AV products as well as own-label, board-level and custom options for OEMs, enabling rapid creation of products for the professional AV industry as UHD video formats are adopted.
How configurable logic could solve a host of design errors
Configurable ICs delivering multiple logic functions from the same device can save space, reduce logistics and qualification costs. By Michael Lyons, NXP Semiconductors.
Dual-gate logic devices help extend battery life
Extending its advanced ultra-low power CMOS logic family, Diodes Incorporated has introduced dual-gate devices. The 74AUP2G logic devices support low-voltage, low-power system design which helps to extend battery life in super slim, next-gen portable products, such as smart phones and tablets. The devices provide seven dual gate logic functions: AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR and a choice of two tri-state buffers.
FPGA market expected to reach $8.5bn by 2020
According to a new market research report titled ‘FPGA Market by Architecture, Configuration, Application, and Geography - Trends & Forecasts From 2014 – 2020’ the FPGA market is expected to reach $8.5bn by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 8.1% from 2014 to 2020.
The real-time study of multi-user MIMO
How a system built from 24 FPGAs, 96 antennas plus a custom 802.11 implementation enables the real-time study of Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) propagation environments. By Patrick Murphy, President, Mango Communications; Chris Dick, Chief DSP Scientist, Xilinx; Ashutosh Sabharwal, Professor, Rice University; Lin Zhong, Associate Professor, Rice University; and Clayton Shepard, Graduate Student, Rice University.