Digital designs once built in custom silicon are increasingly implemented in field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), but effective FPGA system design requires a strong understanding of VLSI issues and constraints, as well as an understanding of new techniques developed for FPGAs. Writing specifically for FPGA designers, Princeton Universitys Wayne Wolf first introduces the essentials of VLSI: fabrication, circuits, interconnects, combinational and sequential logic design, system architectures, and more. He then shows how to reflect this VLSI knowledge in a state-of-the-art design methodology that leverages FPGAs most valuable characteristics while mitigating its limitations. Wolf surveys FPGA fabrics, introduces essential FPGA concepts, and compares multiple approaches to solving basic problems in programmable logic. He offers comprehensive coverage of combinational and sequential logic design, including methods for specifying and optimizing digital logic to address size, speed, and power consumption. Along the way, he introduces the basics of Verilog, VHDL, and leading tools for optimizing logic and sequential machine designs. Wolf then turns to the structure of large digital systems, introducing the sophisticated register-transfer design methodology and presenting a simple DSP case study that addresses a wide variety of design problems. The book concludes with a detailed look at large-scale systems built with FPGAs, including platform FPGAs and multi-FPGA systems. Includes selected content from Wolfs widely-acclaimed book Modern VLSI Design.

• FPGA-based logic design, in depth—Presents a comprehensive description of FPGA-based logic design, including a state-of-the-art register-transfer methodology for structuring digital designs.

  • Helps students learn both the “how” and “why” of FPGA-based logic design.

• Essential VLSI guidance for FPGA designers—Covers everything FPGA designers need to know about VLSI, including fabrication, circuits, interconnect characteristics, and more.

  • Helps students leverage the full power of FPGAs while mitigating the limitations that VLSI imposes.

• HDL-based logic design—Makes use of modern HDL design techniques with both Verilog and VHDL, and introduces contemporary tools for optimizing logic and sequential machine designs.

  • Gives students exposure to the powerful tools they will use in real-world FPGA design.

• Advanced FPGA coverage—Detailed introduction to platform-based and multi-FPGA systems.

  • Helps students build the advanced FPGA systems that are rapidly becoming more widespread and popular.

• Practical guidance on tradeoffs—Shows how to design to optimize speed, size, and/or power.

  • Helps students manage the difficult tradeoffs they will encounter in designing real FPGA systems.

• Detailed DSP case study—Includes a start-to-finish case study that touches on a wide range of design problems.

  • Gives students hands-on practice with the types of design issues they will face.

• Web-based faculty resources—Companion Web site provides overheads, lab exercises, and more.

  • Students benefit from the well-tested and authoritative course materials that are available to their instructors.

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1. FPGA-Based Systems.

VLSI Design  [PTG: PRENTICE HALL PROFESSIONAL]   (Electrical & Computing Engineering)

WAYNE WOLF is Professor of Electrical Engineering and Associated Faculty in the Department of Computer Science at Princeton University. His research interests include embedded computing, multimedia systems, VLSI and computer-aided design. He is the author of Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computer System Design and Modern VLSI Design, Third Edition. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and ACM, and an IEEE Computer Society Golden Core member. In 2003, he earned the ASEE/EED and HP Frederick E. Terman Award.

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