FPGA Tech Introduction

Reconfigurable Computing Seminar 1/19/98

The lecture slides can be viewed in postscript or read on the web as part of a slide show.

1. Administration
 2. FPGA Tech Introduction
 3. Why Talk about old FPGAs?
4. Xilinx 4000 Series CLB
 5. Xilinx 4000 Series Interconnect
 6. Area
7. FPGA CAD Flow
 8. Synthesis
 9. FPGA Tech Mapping
10. Issue: Homo vs Hetero
 11. Homo vs. Hetero: Inside the cell
 12. History: XC3000 Series CLB
13. Fast Carry Logic
 14. Fast Carry for Carry
 15. Issue: Rent’s Rule
16. Issue: Speed
 17. Speed: The Event Horizon
 18. Event Horizon
19. Issue: Reprogrammability
 20. Altera FLEX 8000
 21. Altera 8K LAB
22. FastTrack Routing
 23. FPGA Taxonomy
 24. Programming Technology
25. Block Architecture
 26. Interconnect Architectures
 27. Summary