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Achronix FPGAs Help Power Industry 4.0 and 5.0 Innovation

Achronix standalone and embedded FPGA IP combining GDDR6 memory, machine learning processors (MLPs) and the revolutionary two-dimensional network on chip (2D NoC) provide the ideal platform to power industry 4.0 and 5.0 innovation.

Achronix Takes on Conversational AI

Achronix Speedster7t FPGAs, enabled by our two-dimensional network on chip (2D NoC) supplying 20 Tbps of bi-directional bandwidth, are uniquely positioned to provide the best performance possible for Conversational AI applications.

Achronix’s Next-Generation, 7nm FPGA Family Will Feature Micron’s Blazingly Fast GDDR6 Memory – To 4 Tbps and Beyond

Micron Technology announced today that its high-performance GDDR6 SDRAM (in volume production since June) will be the high-speed memory of choice for Achronix’s yet-to-be-announced, next-generation FPGA family,  making Achronix the world’s first FPGA vendor with announced GDDR6 support.

Autonomous Vehicle Trends and Technology Evolution

The value of FPGAs in automotive design has long been established as the technology has been used in over 200 million vehicles over the last 15 years. However, looking beyond the FPGA, it is clear that, for the needs of ADAS today, the eFPGA reigns supreme.

Back to Basics: A Layman’s Introduction to the eFPGA

To answer the question of what an embedded field programmable gate array (eFPGA) is, we first have to answer the question of what is an FPGA.

To oversimplify. an FPGA is a chip that is able to rewire its internal workings in the field whenever instructed, and then operate at hardware (as opposed to software) speeds until such time as it is rewired again. This capability is known as field programmability.

Benefits of Using FPGA and eFPGA IP in your Design

Check out our Recent Video on the Basics of eFPGA Acceleration

Our existing customers ask us some pretty big questions: “How can this technology implement a step-change in my specific process? How can Speedcore IP be integrated in my SoC? How can you increase the performance of my ASIC?” We revel in answering such questions.

However, when we first meet with a company interested in our embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, often the question is very simply, “At the most basic level, what can it do for me?” This question may be the most important one we’ll ever answer for them.

Configuring your Speedcore eFPGA, Part 1: Configuration Interfaces

Each instance of an Achronix Speedcore eFPGA in your ASIC or SoC design must be configured after the system powers up because Speedcore eFPGAs employ nonvolatile SRAM technology to store the eFPGA’s configuration bits. Each Speedcore instance contains its own FPGA configuration unit (FCU) that initializes, configures, and manages the Speedcore eFPGA’s core logic array. For example, if you instantiate three Speedcore eFPGAs in your ASIC/SoC design, there will be three FCUs on the chip.

Configuring Your Speedcore eFPGA, Part 2: Configuration Time

As discussed in part 1 of this blog post, each instance of an Achronix Speedcore eFPGA in your ASIC or SoC design must be configured after the system powers up because Speedcore eFPGAs employ nonvolatile SRAM technology to store its configuration bits. The time required to program a bitstream into a Speedcore eFPGA depends on the configuration mode being used, the data width, clock frequency, and of course, the size of the configuration bitstream.

Embedded FPGA – The Ultimate Accelerator

An embedded FPGA (eFPGA) is an IP core that you integrate into your ASIC or SoC to get the benefits of programmable logic without the cost, but with better latency, throughput, and power characteristics. With an eFPGA, you define the quantity of look-up-tables (LUTs), registers, embedded memory, and DSP blocks. You can also control the aspect ratio, number of I/O ports, making tradeoffs between power and performance. Achronix delivers a GDS II representation of the Speedcore IP that you can integrate directly into your SoC or ASIC. We also provide you with a custom, full-featured version of our ACE design tools, that you can use to design, verify and program the functionality of the Speedcore eFPGA.