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Because today’s FPGAs are capable of integrating complete systems on chip, there is a growing need for FPGA tools and methods to support the design of complex systems-on-chip that are characterized by highly concurrent, heterogeneous computing, stringent real-time constraints and sophisticated communication networks.

Programmable platform FPGA’s allow for the implementation of multi-core architectures that combine traditional microprocessors with application-specific processing cores. This is enabled by tools that guide designers during the partitioning and mapping of high-level specifications onto a combination of software running on embedded processors and hardware implemented in programmable logic.

Future FPGAs will continue to benefit from Moore’s law. Advances in process scaling will be combined with new circuit and architectural insights along with innovations in system-in-package technology to solve IO bottlenecks and integrate heterogeneous technologies. These innovations will allow designers to build higher performance and lower power systems that optimally exploit the programmable FPGA architecture.

As FPGA platforms continue to deliver more performance at lower cost and lower power, they are becoming the heart of embedded applications such as complex packet processing for networks with line rates of 400+ Gbps; high performance digital signal processing in novel wireless baseband and radio functions; and future video and image processing systems.