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State of the art in FPGA technology Jecel Assumpção Jr LCR - ICMC - USP São Carlos Jecel Assumpção Jr LCR - ICMC - USP São Carlos
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topics Xilinx vs Altera Bit players Rookies Alternatives Xilinx vs Altera Bit players Rookies Alternatives
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Xilinx vs Altera First FPGA (1985) Sells US$1.7B/year First FPGA (1985) Sells US$1.7B/year First reprogrammable logic device (1984) First CPLD (1988) Sells US$1.2B/year
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Xilinx vs Altera High End = Virtex 1998 1999 E 2000 II 2002 II Pro 2004 4 LX/SX/FX 2006 5 LX/LXT/SXT 2008 5 FXT/TXT 2009 6 High End = Virtex 1998 1999 E 2000 II 2002 II Pro 2004 4 LX/SX/FX 2006 5 LX/LXT/SXT 2008 5 FXT/TXT 2009 6 High End = Stratix 2002 2003 GX 2004 II 2005 II GX 2006 III 2008 IV E 2008 IV GX
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Xilinx vs Altera Low End = Spartan 1998 1999 II 2001 IIE 2003 3 2005 3E 2006 3A 2007 3AN/3A-DSP 2009 6 Low End = Spartan 1998 1999 II 2001 IIE 2003 3 2005 3E 2006 3A 2007 3AN/3A-DSP 2009 6 Low End = Cyclone 2003 2004 II 2007 III 2009 IV
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Xilinx vs Altera Virtex 6Stratix IV technology40nm Logic cells75K to 588K72K to 803K Block RAM6M to 33M7M to 33M DSP288 to 864384 to 1024 TranceiversUp to 48+24Up to 48 I/O380 to 720372 to 920 speed600MHz
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Bit player: Lattice ECP3 - lowest cost FPGA with SERDES XP2 - 90nm Flash Also ECP2, ECP2M and SC ECP3 - lowest cost FPGA with SERDES XP2 - 90nm Flash Also ECP2, ECP2M and SC
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Bit player: Actel Igloo and ProASIC3 - low power SmartFusion and Fusion - mixed signal RTAX, RTProASIC3 and RTSX - radiation tolerance Axcelerator, SX-A, eX and MX - antifuse Igloo and ProASIC3 - low power SmartFusion and Fusion - mixed signal RTAX, RTProASIC3 and RTSX - radiation tolerance Axcelerator, SX-A, eX and MX - antifuse
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Bit player: QuickLogic Customer Specific Standard Products (CSSPs)
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Bit player: Atmel Legacy devices - AT6000 AT40KAL + AVR8 = FPSLIC (Field Programmable System Level Integrated Circuits) Legacy devices - AT6000 AT40KAL + AVR8 = FPSLIC (Field Programmable System Level Integrated Circuits)
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Edinburgh 1985 to 1988 - three generations of CAL up to CAL256 1989 - Algotronix formed, CAL1024 1993 - bought by Xilinx: XC6200 Very popular for research, but not commercially 1985 to 1988 - three generations of CAL up to CAL256 1989 - Algotronix formed, CAL1024 1993 - bought by Xilinx: XC6200 Very popular for research, but not commercially
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Imperial College
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Rookie: Silicon Blue Classic architecture Low power Low cost Internal Flash Classic architecture Low power Low cost Internal Flash
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Rookie: Achronix 1.5GHz picoPIPE assynchronous internal architecture SERDES DDR3 controllers 1.5GHz picoPIPE assynchronous internal architecture SERDES DDR3 controllers
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Rookie: Tabula 1.6GHz with 8 multiplexed designs 48 SERDES 5.5MB RAM 220K to 630K logic cells 1.6GHz with 8 multiplexed designs 48 SERDES 5.5MB RAM 220K to 630K logic cells
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Rookie: Tier Logic
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Alternative: eASIC Standard Cell ASIC-like unit cost, power consumption performance and density Low up-front development cost Simple, FPGA-like design flow Device turnaround in only 4-6 weeks Standard Cell ASIC-like unit cost, power consumption performance and density Low up-front development cost Simple, FPGA-like design flow Device turnaround in only 4-6 weeks
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Alternative: Stretch Inc
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Alternative: Trips
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Alternative: Xmos
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Alternative: MathStar
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Alternative: Tilera
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Alternative: Stream Processors Inc
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Thanks!
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references http://www.xilinx.com/ http://www.altera.com/ http://lms.nthu.edu.tw/sys/read_attach.php?i d=17968http://lms.nthu.edu.tw/sys/read_attach.php?i d=17968 http://ce.et.tudelft.nl/FPL/trimbergerFPL2007. pdfhttp://ce.et.tudelft.nl/FPL/trimbergerFPL2007. pdf http://www.fpga- guide.com/overview_frame.htmlhttp://www.fpga- guide.com/overview_frame.html http://www.xilinx.com/ http://www.altera.com/ http://lms.nthu.edu.tw/sys/read_attach.php?i d=17968http://lms.nthu.edu.tw/sys/read_attach.php?i d=17968 http://ce.et.tudelft.nl/FPL/trimbergerFPL2007. pdfhttp://ce.et.tudelft.nl/FPL/trimbergerFPL2007. pdf http://www.fpga- guide.com/overview_frame.htmlhttp://www.fpga- guide.com/overview_frame.html
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references http://www.latticesemi.com/ http://www.actel.com/ http://www.quicklogic.com/ http://www.atmel.com/ http://www.algotronix.com/people/tom/albu m.htmlhttp://www.algotronix.com/people/tom/albu m.html http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ipage/papers/cam9 5.pdfhttp://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ipage/papers/cam9 5.pdf http://www.latticesemi.com/ http://www.actel.com/ http://www.quicklogic.com/ http://www.atmel.com/ http://www.algotronix.com/people/tom/albu m.htmlhttp://www.algotronix.com/people/tom/albu m.html http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ipage/papers/cam9 5.pdfhttp://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ipage/papers/cam9 5.pdf
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references http://www.siliconbluetech.com/ http://www.achronix.com/ http://www.tabula.com/ http://www.tierlogic.com/ http://www.siliconbluetech.com/ http://www.achronix.com/ http://www.tabula.com/ http://www.tierlogic.com/
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references http://www.easic.com/ http://www.stretchinc.com/ http://userweb.cs.utexas.edu/~trips/ http://www.xmos.com/ http://www.mathstar.com/ http://www.tilera.com/ http://www.streamprocessors.com/ http://www.easic.com/ http://www.stretchinc.com/ http://userweb.cs.utexas.edu/~trips/ http://www.xmos.com/ http://www.mathstar.com/ http://www.tilera.com/ http://www.streamprocessors.com/
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