The fundamental difference between commercial FPGA-based emulators and emulators based on custom silicon lies in the core element that maps the design-under-test (DUT). For more than 10 years, I ...

Depending on the needs of the customer, these steps can be taken alongside the commencement of a new ASIC project. The benefit of this rounded approach is it means the customer will always have ...

Fig.2 details the processor-FPGA interface: a focus is given on how Instruction Extensions are mapped inside the FPGA and how synchronisation between the microprocessor and the e-FPGA is guaranteed.