FPGAs are built from one basic "logic-cell", duplicated hundreds or thousands of time. A logic-cell is basically a small lookup table ("LUT"), a D flip-flop and a 2-to-1 mux (to bypass the flip-flop if desired). The LUT can implement any logic function. It has typically a few...
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FPGAs can be built tooptimizethese compute operations through development of the embedded application, rather than through development of custom silicon. Building a system with custom silicon is extremely costly, but implementation with an FPGA is very inexpensive and faster by comparison. More importan...
Multiple trends are sending FPGAs down two distinct development paths. On one path, FPGAs are being optimized primarily to accelerate data center workloads. The data center focus is the next holy grail that the larger vendors are laser-focused on.
In this tutorial we are going to explore what an FPGA is and how they work. I’m going to assume you have a decent understanding of electricity (voltage, current, etc) and binary values. Everything else will be quickly built upon the basics. This is intended as an overview of what an...
There are variations of the basic gates known asNAND,NOR, andXNOR. These are simply the standard versions with their outputs inverted. Just for some extra context, an AND gate, like all logic gates, can be built using transistors. The image below shows an example of how an AND gate could...
The Chaos V-Ray* renderer also uses Academy Award winning Intel® Embree and Intel® Open Path Guiding Library (OpenPGL) library, which are built using oneAPI to create more realistic lighting effects. V-Ray integrates as a renderer into 3ds Max, Maya, Houdini, and Cinema 4...
Many reasons lead to latency ranging from distance to the protocols used in communication. Described below are some of the causes behind latency: Distance:It is one of the primary causes of latency. Data takes longer to travel between two points that are farther apart. That’s because data tr...
FPGAs are semiconductors that can run multiple circuits on a single chip. Altera was one of the first companies to use FPGAs in the mid-1990s and was a leader in the field. By the end of the decade, however, the company was acquired by Intel for $16 billion. Despite this acquisition...
ASICs are built specifically for Bitcoin mining and are therefore the most efficient type of miner out there.For reference, a single ASIC miner has the equivalent mining power of 700 GPUs. Therefor, the massive move of miners toward ASIC hardware is easily understandable....