EDN

FPGA Soft Processor Design Considerations

With so many available processor design options design teams must make the difficult decision to choose the solution that best fits their specific project requirements, while supporting extended ...
TechRepublic

SPI Flash Memory Configuration in ZYNQ FPGA Using Microprocessor

FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) becoming more popular, many designers want to reduce their component count and increase flexibility. To accomplish both of these goals, a microprocessor already ...
EDN

FPGA/processor combinations change the game

Some interesting FPGA/processor combinations have been announced recently. Intel announced Atom processors that include an Altera FPGA and meanwhile Xilinx announced FPGAs with a hard ARM Cortex-A9 ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Are FPGAs More Secure Than Processors?

Security concerns often focus on software being executed on processors. But not all electronic functionality runs in software. FPGAs provide another way to do work, and they can be more secure than ...
Business Wire

Tachyum Unveils Prodigy Universal Processor FPGA Emulation Prototype

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tachyum™ Inc. today announced the upcoming availability of its Prodigy Universal Processor prototype, built using field-programmable gate array (FPGA) emulation boards. The ...
Hackaday

M8SBC-86 Is An FPGA-Based “Kinda PC Compatible” 486 SBC

Given the technical specs of the FPGAs available to hobbyists these days, it really shouldn’t be a shock that you can ...
Hackaday

NES Processor Cloned On A FPGA

[Bradley] decided to tackle the challenge to recreate the original Nintendo Entertainment System’s processor in a Field Programmable Gate Array. Say what? The original NES is a Legacy System, still ...
TweakTown

Ubitium announces 'universal processor': combines CPU, GPU, DSP, FPGA in a single RISC-V chip

TL;DR: Ubitium is developing a Universal Processor that combines CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA into a single chip, aiming to revolutionize the market by reusing every transistor for multiple functions.
Electronic Design

FPGA Module Combines FPGA with an ARM Core Processor

The proFPGA ZynqTM 7000 FPGA Module from PRO DESIGN is a complete embedded processing platform for the development and verification of SoC and IP design. The proFPGA family of products is a scalable, ...
ExtremeTech

Intel unveils new Xeon chip with integrated FPGA, touts 20x performance boost

Late yesterday, Intel quietly announced one of the biggest ever changes to its chip lineup: It will soon offer a new type of Xeon CPU with an integrated FPGA. This new Xeon+FPGA chip will fit in the ...
Design-Reuse

Xilinx executes on FPGA processor leadership strategy, forms new embedded processing division

SAN JOSE, Calif., September 6, 2004 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced the formation of a new Embedded Processing Division that combines the Company's domain expertise and comprehensive ...
PC World

Intel’s first processor with performance-boosting FPGA to ship early next year

Intel will ship its first Xeon server chip with a programmable FPGA from Altera in the first quarter next year, some 18 months after announcing work on the product. FPGAs, or field programmable gate ...