fpga prototype methodolodge

FPGA is a powerfull hardware which can be used as ASIC prototype at the very begining of SOC projects. This document will introduce this techknowledge as following outline.

Outline

FPGA Structure

LUT, BlockRAM, DSP, IO, Clock

Prototype Flow

Synplify synthesis

Vivado implement

Hardware debug

FPGA Structure

LUT resource

Block RAM & Distributed RAM

DSP slice

IO pad

Clocking tree

FPGA Prototype Flow

Intro

Basic flow

RTL modify

Synplify synthesis

Vivado implement

Hardware debug

Conclusion

For large ASIC prototype, this flow can speed up the iteration time.