System designers face a number of key questions during the architecture phase of their project. Increasingly one of these questions is whether to use an FPGA (field programmable gate array) or a DSP ...

Although FFT and FIR filters may seem complex, in reality they use simple add/subtract/multiply operations. So how can these arithmetic modules, along with shift and pipeline registers in modern FPGAs ...

Typically, DSP designers are unfamiliar with FPGA design tools, and FPGA designers are unfamiliar with DSP algorithms. But when Sandia National Laboratories needed to replace an analog implementation ...

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.

Using a design flow put together by Mentor Graphics and Altera, designers can implement complex DSP algorithms in high-performance FPGAs directly from ANSI C++ code. The flow, which is based on Altera ...

WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- October 11, 2007-- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) and Altera (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced a design flow that enables users to implement complex DSP algorithms in ...

A/V Production Engine Demonstrates FPGA’s Flexibility and Digital Signal Processing Capabilities, Creating a Market-Leading Product San Jose, Calif., April 9, 2007—Sydney, Australia-based audio ...

Actel's radiation-tolerant RTAX-DSP FPGAs have completed qualification in accordance with the military and aerospace industry standard MIL-STD-883 Class B specification. This qualification expands ...

LONDON Multiprocessor design software supplier 3L is working with signal processing specialist Lyrtech Inc. to enable Lyrtech’s customers to access a custom version of 3L’s Diamond multiprocessor tool ...

With the V5+C kit, software application developers who may be less familiar with low-level VHDL design methods can easily move ANSI C algorithms to an FPGA-accelerated platform. Experienced hardware ...

The Agilex™ 5 product families are mid-range FPGAs and SoCs that are optimized for applications requiring high performance, lower power, and small package sizes: • Up to 2X better fabric ...

I've been thinking a little more about Afterburner and have wondered why Apple specifically chose to base it off of an FPGA IC instead of a traditional, higher level general purpose ASIC such as a DSP ...