Turn Your $60 Router into a User-Friendly Super-Router with Tomato FPGA CPLD and ASIC from Altera Boards and Kits with Spartan and Virtex FPGAs cut development time Xilinx development kits provide out-of-the box design solutions that significantly cut development time and enhance productivity. Xilinx takes it one step further with Targeted Design Platforms – the industry’s most comprehensive development kits. The kits come complete with evaluation boards, Vivado® Design Suite: Design Edition tools, IP cores, reference designs and FPGA Mezzanine Card (FMC) support – so you can begin applications development immediately. Platforms and Solutions Search for Boards and Kits Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA AC701 Evaluation Kit Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA VC709 Connectivity Kit Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC ZC702 Evaluation Kit Xilinx Kintex UltraScale FPGA KCU105 Evaluation Kit
The Elements of Computing Systems / Nisan & Schocken Xilinx, the University of FPGA More than ever, FPGA training is the key to success. Which is why Xilinx, provides free, no charge video’s that can speak to the seasoned FPGA designer or to the interested community. These Videos are not like your high school graduation taped by Uncle Frank. These are detailed, professionally edited Xilinx Videos that will give you an education and a taste for Xilinx FPGAs that you would have thought would eat into expensive training budgets. Do not let me confuse you with the facts, but these videos are to supplement training. So I suggest, Mr. The heart of most Xilinx FPGA Designs, the DSP and how to get your design done and signed off faster than ever! Ever wonder how Xilinx FPGAs support the automotive industry? Zynq, is nothing short of a huge success. This short video highlights the overall challenges faced by the industry and how traditional solutions are addressing them, and why a new category of devices such as Zynq is needed. More articles by Luke Miller… 16inShare
From Sand to Processor or How a CPU is made - Intel It is hard to believe that a modern processor (CPU) is the most complex product in the world. What is so complex in this piece of metal? In this article I will try to explain how a modern processer (CPU) is made from the sand. Processor Manufacturing It takes about $ 5 billion dollars to build a processor manufacturing factory. The process of processor manufacturing looks like this: the special equipment is used to grow a mono-crystal of cylindrical shape from the molten silicon. Some Chemistry Lessons Let us take a closer look at the whole process of manufacturing. Originally, it is taken in the form of SiO2 sand, which is in arc furnaces (at the temperature about 1800 ° C) reduced by coke: SiO2 + 2C = Si + 2CO This silicon is called a "technical" and has a purity of 98-99.9%. 3SiCl4 + 2H2 + Si ↔ 4SiHCl3 These recycling reactions that are generated by side silicon-contained materials reduce the cost and eliminate the environmental problems: Photolithography Photo Resist Application Etching