Chris A. Ciufo, OpenSystems Publishing
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A quiet revolution against RTL - Xilinx DSP kits develop into more than reference designs
Three new FPGA targeted design kits will speed DSP design time, but they might also usher in a new era of anti-RTL sentiment. Thank heavens!
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Bringing the programmable imperative to space
Suddenly space is the place, where most people think of space ships, the Space Shuttle, and Star Trek. But the reality is that most of the world’s efforts in space tech are invested in only one area: Satellite Communications (SATCOM). Interestingly, both Mentor Graphics and Xilinx recently introduced new FPGAs and EDA tools intended for radiation-hardened designs in SATCOM, yet they are taking wildly different approaches.
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DO-254: The other safety-critical specification
Did you know there’s a companion to DO-178B? Here are some Hot Tips to make hardware certification easier.
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Better tools put the screws to FPGA, DSP designs
Although FPGA architects still need skills as IC designers, that mythical “C to silicon” tool doesn’t yet exist, but it’s closer.
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Ethernet: Teaching an old dog new tricks
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Letter to the Editor
The following Letter to the Editor addresses the Editor’s Insight column published in the recent print Resource Guide issue of DSP-FPGA.com. Gedae takes issue with my comments that tools do not exist to simplify the problem of designing DSP functions into FPGAs.
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Two trends I didnít see
Two trends I wanted to see over the last 12 months but didn’t. Each of these could have huge ramifications on the entire industry, if I could only will them into existence. Maybe next year.
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RoHS and tin whiskers: the industryís next 10-year problem
For the last ten years the military has been concerned with applying the “COTS mandate;” that is, Dr. Perry’s 1994 edict to use Commercial Off-The-Shelf products and practices in lieu of military specifications. Nowhere has the COTS c...
