FPGA Gurus
FPGA Gurus is written by Loring Wirbel, a technology analyst with more than 20 years' experience covering semiconductors, communications, embedded software, and any other topics that catch his fancy. In addition to his work with EDN, Wirbel contributes to several political and cultural journals and web sites.
Leading a horse to higher-level water
- 05.23.2013
OpenCL is a great option to move FPGA users to higher levels of abstraction when designing FPGAs, but what will it take to build the user base? Read More...
The (next) final frontier
- 05.22.2013
Xilinx's design collaboration with Sumitomo Electric is indicative of a new desire to work directly with RF and IF specialists on high-integration wireless infrastructure design. Read More...
Enpirion's Value is Not Necessarily in IP
- 05.16.2013
Altera's acquisition of Enpirion is not as much about the IP as in combining the power specialist's SoC's with Altera's own FPGAs Read More...
LabView FPGA becomes tool for system configuration
- 05.16.2013
National Instrument's LabView FPGA has been touted as a development tool, but is finding expanding use as an alternative to HDLs for configuring FPGAs within end products. Read More...
Tabula, Achronix try driving unique design advantages into solidifed FPGA sector
- 05.02.2013
Tabula and Achronix continue to promote architectural innovation, utilizing Intel's foundry services—but is there enough room for design innovation to break into FPGAs' Big Four? Read More...
TPACK's role in Altera designs
- 04.16.2013
Altera's decision to acquire the TPACK design unit of Applied Micro allows the FPGA company to offer Optical Transport Network IP in several different forms. Read More...
FPGAs as the vanishing foundation
- 01.02.2013
FPGAs have done a successful job displacing ASICs, DSPs, and even microprocessors, they are becoming an invisible foundation for electronic products.
Read More...Goepel, Asset Show Growing Use of FPGA-Based Test Modules
- 12.20.2012
Goepel BERT work, Asset finalist nomination, show that test devices using FPGAs are getting broader functionality and winning more respect.
Read More...Altima, Renesas Collaborate on CC-Link IE Field Based on FPGA Cores
- 12.18.2012
Renesas and Altima announced a combined ASSP and FPGA effort to support the CC-Link IE Field standard for industrial communications.
Read More...Lattice Looks Forward, Looks Back
- 12.13.2012
Lattice to show CSI-2 interface at CES, announces shipping of 15 millionth iCE FPGA
Read More...Altera and ARM in Deal to Offer Unified FPGA-Adaptive Debugging
- 12.12.2012
Altera, ARM unify a debugging environment through the Design Studio 5 Altera Edition.
Read More...Michigan CubeSat Researchers to Send FPGA Satellite Into Space
- 12.10.2012
Universityof Michiganturns to FPGAs for second generation of MCubed satellite.
Read More...PRO DESIGN arises again with Virtex-based proFPGA
- 12.04.2012
After selling CHIPit prototyping tools to Synopsys, PRO DESIGN returns with the Virtex-based proFPGA.
Read More...Long-Familiar Name, Data I/O, Will Show Off Azido
- 11.28.2012
Data I/O with 40 years programming experience, shows off Azido language for FPGAs.
Read More...The Multiple Uses of Interposer Layers
- 11.26.2012
Altera and Huawei join to find a memory use for the 2.5D interposer layer.
Read More...Software Radio Gets Boost from Virtex-7
- 11.19.2012
Pentek upgrades its Onyx software radio module family with a Virtex-7 board for intelligence and radar applications.
Read More...The Season of Wishes for a Next Generation
- 11.15.2012
Xilinx begins the next-generation pontificating by previewing what it will do with a 20-nm process technology.
Read More...Synopsys Revs Up HAPS for FPGA Prototypes
- 11.13.2012
Synopsys adds the HAPS-70 to its FPGA prototyping board suite, supporting Virtex-7 with up to 144 million gates.
Read More...One More Vote for OpenCL
- 11.09.2012
Nallatech will help promote Altera’s OpenCL Software Development Kit with a new Straix V-powered board
Read More...Keeping Voting Honest Through FPGAs
- 11.06.2012
FPGAs at the core may not make voting machines tamper proof, but it could help
Read More...Tektronix Updates Certus Tools for ASIC Prototyping in FPGAs
- 10.31.2012
Tektronix launches the second major release of Certus for ASIC prototyping.
Read More...Security, Part 2: Defense-Grade Xilinx-7 Series Debuts
- 10.29.2012
Xilinx debuts defense-grade versions of its four major Xilinx-7 28-nm product families.
Read More...Beware the Cliffs of 2013
- 10.24.2012
The cautious quarterly reports of FPGA companies are indicative of worry over a 2013 slowdown.
Read More...Is Licensing a Viable Business?
- 10.19.2012
Achronix wants to license its fabric to supplement its FPGA business. But can licensing a switching fabric bring its own revenue stream?
Read More...Acromag Puts Virtex-6 Into High-Speed XMC Module
- 10.10.2012
Acromag uses a high-speed Virtex-6 with MicroBlaze at the heart of an XMC module used for fast custom algorithm processing.
Read More...SmartFusion’s Second Generation Brings Security, Rad-Reliability Into Mainstream
- 10.08.2012
Microsemi updates Actel’s SmartFusion with a second-generation FPGA that propels security and reliability into the mainstream.
Read More...Not All Will Emphasize Small
- 10.05.2012
BittWare puts Stratix V inside a 48-port, 6U form factor monster of a system.
Read More...Zynq-7000 Developer Adapteva Turns to Kickstarter for Chip Funding
- 09.28.2012
Adapteva uses crowd-funding Kickstarter to raise money for a new Parallela parallel supercomputing project based on Zynql.
Read More...Xilinx buy of Modesat gains some good IP for wireless backhaul
- 09.18.2012
Xilinx snares Modesat Communications to gain some algorithmic IP support for wireless backhaul.
Read More...Intilop and friends show fast TCP offload at HPC Wall Street conference
- 09.17.2012
Intilop, BittWare and Altera join for TCP offload demo at HPC Wall Street – just as regulators start to question use of high-speed hardware in trading.
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