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Re: [ts-7000] Running C code on FPGA

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] Running C code on FPGA
From: David Hawkins <>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:02:28 -0700
Christopher Friedt wrote:
> FPGA's do not run C code... if you don't already know what an FPGA is, 
> then I would suggest leaving it alone.
> 
> Chris

Hi Chris,

I agree with your assessment of what Bibhu is trying to do;
his questions show he is not familiar with FPGAs.

However, your comment that "FPGA's do not run C code ..." is
getting a bit grey. I attended a talk by Dave Pellerin at
ESC in San Jose, and it was pretty interesting to see what
the 'next big thing' in FPGAs is (according to him of course!);
the ability to write (carefully constructed) C-code and have
it compiled into HDL/RTL. There are two or three companies
actively looking into this field, eg. check out Dave
Pellerin's company ImpulseC, and his book:

http://www.impulsec.com/

That being said, I'm a hardened VHDL coder, and wouldn't consider
this technology anywhere near mature ;)

Cheers,
Dave



 
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