100 Power tips for FPGA designers.pdf

Copyright ? 2011 Evgeni Stavinov Copyright ? 2011 Evgeni Stavinov Preface I have never thought of myself as a book writer. Over the course of my career, I have written volumes of technical documentation, published several articles in technical magazines, and have done a lot of technical blogging. At some point, I have accumulated a wealth of experience and knowledge in the area of FPGA design, and thought it was a good time to share it with a broader audience. Writing a book takes time, commitment, and discipline. It also requires a very different skill set. Unfortunately, many engineers, including myself, are trained to use programming languages better than natural languages. Despite all that, writing a book is definitely an intellectually rewarding experience. I would like to express my gratitude to all the people who have provided valuable ideas, reviewed technical contents, and edited the manuscript: my colleagues from SerialTek, former colleagues from Xilinx, technical bloggers, and many others. About the author Evgeni Stavinov is a longtime FPGA user with more than 10 years of diverse design experience. Before becoming a hardware architect at SerialTek LLC, he held different engineering positions at Xilinx, LeCroy and CATC. Evgeni holds MS and BS degrees in electrical engineering from University of Southern California and Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Evgeni is a creator of OutputL, a portal that offers different online productivity tools. Table of Contents 1. Introduction 9 2. FPGA Landscape 11 3. FPGA Applications 14 4. FPGA