guide home > fpga: interviews

One of the hassles in selecting an FPGA, tools, or board is going from vendor to vendor asking different questions and trying to compare notes. In addition, it is the FPGA (FPGAs, boards, and/or Tools) vendor community that really has the most in-depth experience in RTOS design and customer relations. Here are all the interviews from the 2009 guide, in alphabetical order. You can download and read each one individually. Be sure to purchase the complete guide to gain access to the overview, survey analysis, and appendices identifying top companies, best websites, free resources, and the like.

• Agility: FPGAs for Fast Image Processing Algorithms
• Aldec, Inc.: Active-HDL 8.1 & New Verification Technologies
• Altera: FPGAs and the Transition to 40 nm
• Altium: Innovation in FPGAs and Board Design
• BDTI: FPGAs for DSP, An Analytic Approach
• Bittware: High-Performance FPGA-based Solutions
• Blue Pearl Software: Validating Timing Constraints in FPGAs
• Byte Paradigm: Testing & Debugging FPGA-based Systems
• CommAgility: FPGA-Based AdvancedMC Boards
• Eureka Technology: Providing Customized IP for FPGA Design
• Fidus: FPGA Design Services
• FPGA Summit: Get Your Hands-on FPGA Experience at the Summit
• GateRocket: Device Native FPGA Verification & Debug
• Impulse: "C" to FPGA Programming Solutions
• Intellitech: FPGAs and Security
• Lattice Semiconductor: True Non-Volatile and Full Featured, Economical FPGAs
• Lyrtech: Multichannel development boards, based on FPGAs
• Mathworks: MATLAB and Simulink for FPGA Development
• MEN Micro: User I/O in FPGA-based Boards
• Mentor Graphics: Vendor Independence for FGPA Designs
• National Instruments: Develop and Deploy FPGAs Easily
• Pentek: DSPs, FPGAs, IP, Xilinx - Made "Easier" if not "Easy"
• PLDA: Intellectual Property (“IP”) for FPGAs
• Synopsys, Synplicity Business Group: Tools for FPGA Independence
• Taray: New Technologies for FPGA Board Design
• TATA Elxsi: FPGA Design Services
• Tekmicrosystems: High Performance FPGA Computing
• Wipro: FPGA Design Services
• Xilinx: FPGAs and Software Development Tools
• Xilinx: FPGA Learning & Evaluation Opportunities

The SBC ComEx is a user-customizable, turnkey embedded instrument that includes a full Windows/Linux PC and supports a wide assortment of ultimate-performance XMC modules. With its modular IO, scalable performance, and easy to use PC architecture, the SBC ComEx reduces time-to-market while providing the performance you need. FEATURES: * Combines industry standard COM Express CPU module and dual XMC modules in a compact, stand alone design * Scalable CPU performance from Celeron to dual-core Pentium using COM Express with up to 4 GB memory * Small form factor: 250 x170 mm. APPLICATIONS: * Embedded Control * Remote Data Acquisition * Industrial Test & Measurement * OEM Instrumentation. Click for details!