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TITLE: C-to-FPGA Tools and Text
FPGAs can accelerate computationally intensive software
applications by multiple orders of magnitude whenever their
massively parallel structures are fully exploited. A C-to-FPGA
tool is now available from Impulse Accelerated Technologies
that allows C-language algorithms and
applications to be compiled and optimized for use with FPGAs.
Either VHDL or Verilog can be produced and then synthesized. To
obtain the highest performance, the compiler analyzes C code
statements and collapses multiple operations into a smaller
number of single-clock instruction stages. The compiler is also
capable of unrolling loops and generating loop pipelines to
exploit the extreme levels of parallelism possible in an FPGA.
For applications involving embedded processors, the tool is also
capable of generating hardware/software interfaces using FPGA-
specific bus architectures. Flexible software-to-hardware
communication methods are provided, including streaming and
shared memories.
"Practical FPGA Programming in C" by David Pellerin and Scott
Thibault is being published by Prentice Hall as ISBN: 0-131-
54318-0. The table of contents includes:
1: The FPGA as a Computing Platform
2: A Brief History of Programmable Platforms
3: A Programming Model for FPGA-based Applications
4: An Introduction to Impulse C
5: Describing a FIR Filter
6: Generating FPGA Hardware
7: Increasing Statement-level Parallelism
8: Porting a Legacy Application to Impulse C
9: Creating an Embedded Test Bench
10: Optimizing C for FPGA Performance
11: Describing System-level Parallelism
12: Combining Impulse C with an Embedded Operating System
13: Mandelbrot Image Generation
14: The Future of FPGA Computing
A: Getting the Most Out of Embedded FPGA Processors
B: Creating a Custom Stream Interface
C: Impulse C Function Reference
For additional information, access: Prentice-Hall
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DATE: February 2006
TITLE: C-to-FPGA Tools and Text
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