ASIC/FPGA Design

ASICs and FPGAs have progressed tremendously with complex FPGAs now requiring ASIC-like design methodologies. The expansion of HDLs from VHDL and Verilog to SystemVerilog has further fueled the necessity for sophisticated design methodologies. Additionally, raising the abstraction level for design and synthesis from RTL to Electronic System Level (ESL) with languages such as C/C++ and SystemC has enabled engineers to understand the combined impact of the hardware and software architecture on system power, performance and functionality early in the design project. It is with these needs that we have created this ASIC/FPGA community to facilitate designers in communicating, collaborating, comparing, and occasionally commiserating, on ASIC and FPGA design. We welcome all of your input.