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CH1 Cpe411 1436 1437
CH1 Cpe411 1436 1437
Moor’s Law
Modeling
Validations
Implementation
1- Specification
Bad:
◦ Very expensive ($5-$75M/design)
◦ Very High Risk (Several total failure points)
An FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) is also a type of
IC, but it does not have the programming built into it during
the production. As the name implies, the IC can be
programmed by the user as long as he has the right tools
and proper knowledge.
Revenues ($)
Time (months)
Complex Systems!
◦ How to get it working?
(on time, on budget)
Need for abstraction and design reuse
◦ How to test it?
Real Time Physical Embedding
◦ Does it meet constraints?
◦ Design Budgeting: Power, Size, Cost, Reliability
◦ What are the exploitable design options?