As its name implies, articles in this section blend in-depth examinations of a key embedded computer or electronics technology trend and put it in context with the requirements of today's military system designs. This is an Archive section that is currently published under 'Special Feature'.
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FPGAa: The New Matrix for Design
Changing Horses in Midstream: Partial Reconfiguration for FPGA Designs
Mark Goosman, Xilinx
May 2006
Ongoing trends in logic design such as shorter product lifecycles, greater design complexity and increased scaling (e.g., “Moore’s Law”) are adding increasing pressure for fasterRead More...
Past Articles
FPGAa: The New Matrix for Design
Reduce Cost, Risk and Time-to-Market with an FPGA-to-Structured ASIC Strategy
Danny Biran, Altera
May 2006
Few would argue that ASICs and ASSPs have become viable vehicles for only a few silicon vendors. As process nodes continue to shrink—to 90 nm now and to 65 nm in the near future—notRead More...
FPGAa: The New Matrix for Design
Moving Real-Time Data around FPGA-Centric Systems
Jeremy Banks, VMetro
May 2006
Computationally intensive applications often involve real-time high-bandwidth data streams coupled with fast signal processing. This increasingly involves using multiple FPGAs becauseRead More...
FPGAa: The New Matrix for Design
Design Methodologies Help Leverage IP for FPGA-Based Development
Jeff Harrimam and Jeff Meisel, Xilinx and National Instruments
May 2006
Code reuse in FPGA designs offers advantages such as a reduction in overall software development costs and a shorter time-to-market, both of which are well documented. A featureRead More...
FPGAa: The New Matrix for Design
Embedded FPGA Soft Core Processor Enables Universal CompactPCI Applications
Pat Mead and Barbara Schmitz, Altera and MEN Mikro Elektronik
May 2006
Programmable logic has reached such a state of advancement in terms of speed and density that it has become a truly attractive alternative to RISC and CISC processors. It can form aRead More...
FPGAa: The New Matrix for Design
FGPA-Based Development for Defense and Aerospace Applications
Steve Edwards, Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
May 2006
The parallelism, speed and I/O flexibility provided by today’s FPGAs make it possible for system engineers to replace multiple processor boards with a single FPGA COTS board. For theRead More...
MEECC Show Preview
MEECC 2006 Show Brings it All Together
April 2006
Building on the resounding success of its inaugural event last year, the Military Embedded Electronics and Computing Conference (MEECC) show promises to again satisfy attendees hungerRead More...
