1 Chapter 12 Advanced Topics--Introduction

2 Overview To achieve higher growth Additional features, software and IP offerings Application: consumer electronics, medical, industrial, automotive and wireless communication

3 Advanced FPGA Topics Digital signal processing Embedded processors Intellectual property Advanced I/O and power

4 Reduced Power Consumption Reducing both leakage and dynamic power consumption at the gate level Allowing unused circuits and clock regions to be put to sleep Increasing the efficiency of the design implemented (Ex. Reducing the number of gates required)

5 Volume Production Options The primary options for migrating SRAM- Based FPGA design Altera ’ s HardCopy and Xilinx ’ s EasyPath technolog HardCopy: optimized migration path to a transition-optimized structure ASIC EasyPath: takes advantage of testing only standard FPGA component resources required to implement the required specific application functionality

6 Q & A