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Archive for July, 2014

FPGA-Based Prototyping Q&A: 100 Million Gates and Beyond

Wednesday, July 30th, 2014

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I am a Hardware Technical Support Manager. Ask Me Anything!

Earlier this summer, I joined a team traveling from Aldec’s R&D offices in Kraków, Poland to attend the annual Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco. As Technical Support Manager for Aldec’s Hardware Products Division, my goals for this event were two-fold. First, as we’ve made huge enhancements to our HES-7™ FPGA prototyping solution in the past year, I wanted to be there in person to share more about them in demos and presentations at the Aldec booth.

Secondly, and really my favorite part of DAC, I wanted to hear from engineers in the field looking for solutions to their real-world problems. Sometimes I have immediate answers for their questions, like the engineer who was not happy with their current solution’s implementation time or the fellow that needed support for in-house development boards. Occasionally though, I don’t have an immediate answer and instead they’ve given me valuable ideas that I get to take back home to my team so we can set to work developing solutions.

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Stress-Relief for Requirements-Based Verification

Wednesday, July 16th, 2014

DO-254-RequirementsIf they’re being honest, anyone who has verified an FPGA under strict DO-254 guidance will tell you that it is stressful. Show me an engineer on their first DO-254 project – and I’ll show you someone pulling out their hair and downing what is probably their 5th cup of coffee while these important questions weigh heavy on their minds:

Have we reviewed all FPGA requirements and validated derived FPGA requirements? Do we have a good record of the review activities?

Do I have a test for each functional FPGA requirement? What’s the status of the tests? How do I track the progress and document the results?

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