Design-Reuse

Xilinx Delivers New Embedded Development Kit for Building Low-Cost Spartan FPGA-Based MicroBlaze Processor Systems With Linux OS

Kit provides everything needed for kick starting development including FPGA platform, cables, hardware/software tools, reference designs and Linux Board Support Package SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Feb. 25, ...
Linux Journal

Xilinx FPGA Design Tools for Linux

A field programmable gate array (FPGA) is a user-programmable piece of silicon constructed in very large-scale integration (VLSI) technology. The VLSI transistor-level detail is absolutely predefined ...
Hackaday

Lattice ICE40 FPGA Configured By Linux Kernel

The Linux kernel recently added support for loading firmware into an FPGA via the FPGA Manager Framework. [OpenTechLab] has built a driver for the Lattice iCE40 FPGA (same chip used on the iCEStick ...
Electronic Design

Linux Development Platform Eases FPGA Design

For the first time, developers of FPGA systems using the popular Xilinx products can build and deploy their systems on a Linux platform, thanks to the Linux Professional Edition from MontaVista ...
Business Wire

Tachyum Boots Linux on Prodigy FPGA

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tachyum™ Inc. today announced that it has successfully executed the Linux boot process on the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) prototype of its Prodigy Universal ...
Embedded

Basics of core-based FPGA design: Part 2 – System design considerations

There are a number of system design factors requiring consideration when implementing an FPGA processor. Some of those factors include the use of co-design, processor architectural implementation, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Basics Of Embedded FPGA Acceleration

Making a chip run faster is no longer guaranteed by shrinking features or moving to a different manufacturing process. It now requires a fundamental change in the architecture of the chip itself. The ...
EDN

CompactRIO re-designed around Zynq FPGA and real time Linux

National Instruments has completely redesigned its reconfigurable I/O controller around the Xilinx Zynq system on chip, running a Real Time Linux operating system for the first time. The cRIO-9068 ...
Hackaday

Gigantic FPGA In A Game Boy Form Factor, 2019 Supercon Badge Is A Hardware Siren Song

Look upon this conference badge and kiss your free time goodbye. The 2019 Hackaday Superconference badge is an ECP5 FPGA running a RISC-V core in a Game Boy form factor complete with cartridge slot ...
New Electronics

Tachyum boots Linux on Prodigy FPGA

Tachyum has successfully executed the Linux boot process on the field-programmable gate array (FPGA) prototype of its Prodigy Universal Processor. This announcement proves the stability of the Prodigy ...