System designers face a number of key questions during the architecture phase of their project. Increasingly one of these questions is whether to use an FPGA (field programmable gate array) or a DSP ...

Although FFT and FIR filters may seem complex, in reality they use simple add/subtract/multiply operations. So how can these arithmetic modules, along with shift and pipeline registers in modern FPGAs ...

In considering the design option for DSP vs. FPGA it is helpful to compare both architectures in a FIR filter application, writes Reg Zatrepalek One of the most widely used digital signal-processing ...

When Intevac developed the embedded electronic systems for NightVista, a compact, high-performance, ultralow-light camera, the first approach was built around a Texas Instruments DSP. But after a few ...

VMetro’s FusionXF FPGA development kit is targeted at reducing the design time and optimizing the performance of complex FPGA and PowerPC processing systems. It aids in the development of their FPGA ...

Flex Logix Technologies, a supplier of reconfigurable computing solutions, architecture and software, and CEVA, a licensor of wireless, sensing and integrated IP solutions, have announced the first ...

With the V5+C kit, software application developers who may be less familiar with low-level VHDL design methods can easily move ANSI C algorithms to an FPGA-accelerated platform. Experienced hardware ...

The Stratix II GX family combines the company's fastest and highest-density FPGA fabric (up to 132,540 configurable logic elements and up to 6.7 Mbits of embedded memory) with up to 20 low-power ...

DSPs and FPGAs both offer advantages for signal processing. Here are the design guidelines you need to choose between DSPs, FPGAs, or a combination of the two. Topics covered include device cost, ...