Chapter 1: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
from the book: After the Internet: Alien Intelligence Long, long ago, I was employed as a rocket scientist. A real rocket scientist. I did research on the rocket motors for the British Blue Streak missile. The attempt to create a rocket motor that was extremely powerful, but small, caused severe overheating problems that would sometimes […]
Application-Specific Integrated Circuits
This chapter has been viewed 3461 times.Design Systems The sequence of steps for FPGA design is similar to the sequence discussed in Section 1.2, “Design Flow”. As for any ASIC a designer needs design-entry software, a cell library, and physical-design software. Each of the FPGA vendors sells design kits that include all the software and hardware […]