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TechOnline | Low-Cost FPGA Solution for PCI Express Implementation
PCI Express is rapidly establishing itself as the successor to PCI, providing higher performance, increased flexibility, and scalability for next-generation systems, as well as maintaining software compatibility with existing PCI applications. As PCI Express becomes the standard interconnect for
TechOnline | Optimizing the Implementation of Dolby Digital Plus in SoC Designs
Learn about the advantages of Dolby Digital Plus for key consumer audio markets, and the must-haves for SoC designers as they begin to develop products based on the latest generation audio technology.
TechOnline | Modeling and Implementation of DSP FPGA Solutions
Recent developments in the simulation capabilities of high level mathematical modeling tools have opened exciting new design flow possibilities. System level support for bit true modeling enables a d
TechOnline | Using Physical Synthesis to Improve FPGA Performance
Trying to achieve FPGA timing closure in the traditional way, without the correct application of physical synthesis techniques, not only results in less than optimal performance but will also end up
TechOnline | Jumpstarting ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore Processor-Based SoC Designs with Talus
This paper describes the latest generation of ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore Multicore processor and the high quality, highly reusable RTL-to-GDS implementation reference methodology (iRM) developed for the Cortex-A9 by ARM and Magma Design Automation. The fully automated Magma Talus integrated circuit (IC)
TechOnline | Multi-Voltage Design Flow with Olympus-SoC
In this paper, we will explore the multi-voltage design flow that is currently used in low power IC design, describe the primary challenges of the multi-voltage flow, and discuss the completely automated multi-voltage flow in Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC place and route system.
TechOnline | Comparing IP Integration Approaches for FPGA Implementation
Since the early days of computers and telephony, interconnection networks have been a critical part of electrical engineering. This has become even more critical in the era of very large-scale integration (VLSI) circuitry because of the drive characteristics of MOS transistors combined with the
TechOnline | Achieving Timing Closure with FPGA Physical Synthesis
Step off the design iteration treadmill by using physical synthesis to rapidly solve timing problems in today's complex FPGAs. This article explains how physical synthesis technology works to co
TechOnline | Design and Implementation of High-Performance FPGA Signal Processing Datapaths for
Software-defined radios (SDR) are highly configurable hardware platforms that provide the technology for realizing the rapidly expanding third (and future) generation digital wireless communication infrastructure. While there are a plethora of silicon alternatives available for implementing the
TechOnline | FPGA Implementation of AES Encrypion and Decryption
This paper presents a high speed, fully pipelined FPGA implementation of AES Encryption and Decryption (acronym for Advance Encryption Standard, also known as Rijndael Algorithm) which has been selec
