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Episode 35 of the World of FPGA Podcast. Talking about Design Approaches between Glenn and David. Welcome to the FPGA Talk #2 with the co-host Glenn Kirilow 🎉 Content of this Episode * Our journeys * Pros and cons on different approaches * Using AI and LLM And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP035 – FPGA Talk #2 Design Approaches appeared first on...

When sending or receiving faster signals by an FPGA, we need an appropriate logic behind this. And also fast I/Os are important. Content of this Episode: * Highspeed connections * Some tricks about high speed on normal I/Os * Especially the shift registers * FPGA Conference 2026 And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP034 – FPGA High-Speed I/Os appear...

Signals have to get into the FPGA and out of the FPGA. Here we need input/output pins. Here we will have a closer look. Content of this Episode: * I/O pad * Logic block * I/O standards * Single-Ended Standards * Differential Standards * Key Considerations for I/O Standards And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP033 – FPGA I/Os appeared first on World...

We have an internal digital highway inside an FPGA to connect all the different blocks. This highway has a lot of interesting features. Content of this Episode: * Routing Resources * Connection lines * Connection boxes * Switching boxes * But it depends * Routing process * Routing Algorithms * Routing key challenges And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP0...

Memory is essential for a lot of things in your FPGA design. And FPGAs have a lot of different memory. Content of this Episode: * Flip-Flops * SRAM blocks * Ultra RAM * Flash Memory * High Bandwidth Memory * Memory-Controller * External Memory And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP031 – FPGA Memory appeared first on World of FPGA by David Kirchner .

How can FPGAs calculate so fast? The secret inside an FPGA is a digital signal processing block. Content of this Episode: * What does DSP stand for? * Common parts inside an DSP block * Function representation * Important facts And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP029 – FPGA DSP appeared first on World of FPGA by David Kirchner .

Episode 28 of the World of FPGA Podcast. Talking about our favorite FPGA companies. Welcome to the FPGA Talk with the new co-host Glenn Kirilow 🎉 Content of this Episode * Feedback * FPGA companies * AMD or XILINX * Lattice * Altera * Cologne Chip * GoWin * Atmel, Microsemi and Microchip * Use other FPGAs in future And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP0...

We will dive deep into the FPGA architecture. This episode is about slices. Content of this Episode: * What are slices? * Difference between FPGA manufacturer * Configuration * Housekeeping And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP027 – FPGA Slices appeared first on World of FPGA by David Kirchner .

Episode 26 of the World of FPGA Podcast. About the hosts. Who are we, what do we do and our FPGA journey. Welcome to the FPGA Talk with the new co-host Glenn Kirilow 🎉 Content of this Episode * Introduction Glenn * Introduction David * Contact between Glenn and David * First FPGA projects * Way to VHDL * PCB Software * Time distribution at work * Issue on Spartan 3 * Issue on Zynq And for now com...

Have you ever asked yourself, what happens during FPGA implementation? In this episode I try to give an answer. Content of this Episode: * Placement * Routing * After routing process * Similarity to a PCB layout And for now come into our Newsletter and also follow us on LinkedIn. The post WFP025 – FPGA Implementation appeared first on World of FPGA by David Kirchner .