Programmer Guide to FPGA Resource Utilization

Programmer Guide to FPGA Resource Utilization is the second book in the Programmer Guide to FPGA series. This book illustrates the coding techniques which minimizes FPGA utilization allowing larger and more complicated applications to be implemented in limited FPGA resources. Unlike Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC) or Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) based processors, FPGA applications are limited by resources built into the chip. Making the most of these resources can be the difference between a successful implementation and requiring a larger and more expensive FPGA device.This book picks up where Programmer Guide to FPGA and Verilog leaves off to provide a deeper dive into FPGA resources, their primitives, and the advantages and disadvantages of using each resource. Coding examples demonstrate how to infer each of the different primitives and how to determine the impact on FPGA resource utilization. Utilizing the techniques illustrated in this book will not only allow more complex applications to be implemented but will also improve performance by allowing faster clock cycle times and increased parallelization due to improvement in resource utilization.This book covers the following:Understanding FPGA resourcesDetermining resource usageMinimizing utilization forData storageLogic and Control operationsArithmetic operations Read more