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Enabling the Next Generation of 5G Platforms (WP029)

Radio access networks (RANs) and associated core network hierarchy, which link end-user equipment to both the central telecom network and the cloud, are essential in building ubiquitous cellular connectivity to expand the number and breadth of use cases that can be supported by the technology. This paper outlines the current status of 5G standards and rollout, summarizes the new use cases 5G RANs need to support and examines the standards evolution to support higher bandwidth and additional use cases. Finally, it also explains how Achronix FPGA technology can be utilized by developers to meet the fundamental challenge facing them.

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Software-Defined Hardware Provides the Key to High-Performance Data Acceleration (WP019)

Across a wide range of industries, data acceleration is the key to building efficient, smart systems. A number of accelerator technologies have appeared to fill the gap that are based on custom silicon, graphics processors or dynamically reconfigurable hardware, but the key to their success is their ability to integrate into an environment where high throughput, low latency and ease of development are paramount requirements. A board-level platform developed jointly by Achronix and BittWare has been optimized for these applications, providing developers with a rapid path to deployment for high-throughput data acceleration.

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5G Advanced and 6G Evolution Powered by FPGA Technology (WP031)

5G, 5G Advanced, and 6G bring many technical and commercial challenges that need to be met if the promised benefits of this new cellular technology are to be truly achieved. Any solution in this space must deal with the evolving specifications — FPGA and eFPGA IP technology is critical to the successful deployment of these next-generation network technologies.

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AI Benchmarking on Achronix Speedster®7t FPGAs (WP999)

Deployments of machine learning networks with auto-regressive critical paths, or recurrence, often poorly utilize AI accelerator hardware. Such networks, like those used in automatic speech recognition (ASR), must run with low latency and deterministic tail-latency for at-scale real-time applications. In this paper, the team at Myrtle.ai presents an overlay architecture for an inference engine which is then implemented on a Speedster7t FPGA. The team further highlights the benefits of the AI-optimized Speedster7t architecture for low-latency, real-time applications.

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Achieving ASIC Timing Closure with Speedcore eFPGAs (WP013)

Achronix's Speedcore eFPGA IP allows companies to embed a programmable logic fabric in their ASICs, delivering to end users the capability to modify or upgrade the functionality of an ASIC after being deployed in the field. This flexibility dramatically expands the solution space that can be served by the ASIC as it can be updated to support changing standards and algorithms. Timing closure is particularly challenging due to the fact that the eFPGA fabric may host any number of designs over the course of device operation. Each of those designs must work independently with the rest of the ASIC, and timing closure can only be said to have been met if all of the possible designs targeting the eFPGA fabric can meet timing.

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Snapshot User Guide (UG016)

Snapshot is the real-time design debugging tool for Achronix FPGAs and cores. This guide details the setup and operation of the Snapshot feature using a simple reference design.

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Speedcore Component Library User Guide (UG065)

This library describes the programmable fabric silicon elements which may be instantiated into a custom design.

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Speedster7t GPIO User Guide (UG112)

This document describes the Speedster7t FPGA GPIO pins, their various features, how to configure them, any design considerations to be taken into account, and the tools required to implement them.

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Getting Started User Guide (UG105)

This guide serves as a concise introduction to the Achronix tool flow using the Quickstart design included with all ACE installations.

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Software Development Kit User Guide (UG107)

This Guide introduces the Achronix Software Development Kit and details each of the provided structures and functions.

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