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There is an unstated impression in FPGA design that the process of capturing a design, translating it into a configuration file, and loading that configuration into the silicon consumes... Read More >>

The number of FPGA design starts continues to grow at an ever-increasing rate. In some cases, teams which previously focused on ASIC designs are migrating to FPGA implementations. This is because... ReadMore >>

The Visibility Challenge Gary Smith, the noted EDA industry analyst, wrote an interesting blog post recently. In that blog he spoke about the progress the FPGA suppliers have made in adopting new processes, thus offering a more robust design platform. In fact...Read More >>

Worse than it seems If it ever seems as if design iterations for higher-end FPGAs aren't improving that much over ASICs... Read More>>

Qualcomm addresses FPGA verification with GateRocket's RocketDrive. It's no secret that I'm a big fan of GateRocket's FPGA verification technology in the form of the RocketDrive hardware and associated RocketVision software... Read More>>

Using an advanced design methodology to develop modern FPGAs is a requirement for today's leading-edge programmable devices... Read More >>

A lot of us think we're faster FPGA designers than we really are. We grab a few chunks of previous designs, munge them around a little bit, and bang out a couple extra modules for good measure. In what seems like... Read More >>

F PGA verification and debug software vendor GateRocket Inc. Tuesday (Feb. 23) announced the newest version of its RocketVision debugging software, introducing new capabilities... Read More>>

We've mentioned GateRocket a couple times in this blog, often in the context of its FPGA-based hardware accelerators. But the company is no slouch in the EDA department, and its SoftPatch feature, introduced Feb. 23 in RocketVision 5.0, is an example of the strides it is making in software tools.... Read More >>

Eeeeek! My FPGA's not working: Problems with the *IP* In my previous post (see my blog #222600858) I waffled on about the challenge of RTL mismatches in an FPGA methodology. This week we'll look at how using third-party IP can also introduce some nasty little issues... Read More >>

PLD Online Arrgghh! My FPGA's not working: Problems with the RTL The problem is that you've been led to believe that getting a design to work on an FPGA is relatively simple. How hard could it be? All you have to do is capture the design, simulate it, synthesize it, load the resulting configuration file into the FPGA, test the result, modify the design, and repeat... Read More >>

Gabe On EDA: FPGA Complexity Leads to Debug Crisis The FPGA complexity race rolls on: The FPGA vendors have done amazing things with the new deep submicron 40 nm FPGA semiconductor devices. Altera's Stratix IV debuted with over 680K logical elements, the highest density, highest performance, and... Read More >>

Debugging FPGA designs may be harder than you expect. Bugs can originate at every stage in the FPGA design flow; debugging success depends on using the right tools and methods. Read More >>

Tool Up for the FPGA Blitz! FPGA usage divides into two primary segments. Historically, the foremost role of FPGAs has been to verify an ASIC, system-on-achip (SoC), or application-specific standard part (ASSP)... Read More >>

C hr is Sc halick is VP of Engineering, CTO, and Founder of GateRocket, Inc. After working in the ASIC and FPGA industry for more than 15 years, Chris founded the company to solve one of the fundamental problems with FPGA design... Read More >>

FPGA Design Made Easy There's gloom in the semiconductor market as forecasters predict historic market contractions in 2009. A bright spot amid the darkness are FPGAs: they are in the enviable position of driving innovation, while increasing sales worldwide, as they benefit from the trend of replacing ASICs with advanced programmable parts Read More>>

GateRocket Blasts Off! When visitors see the RocketDrive sitting on your lab bench (particularly if it is plugged into the handsome show-floor-worthy box currently making the rounds at trade shows), your "cool factor" will definitely creep up a notch or two...Read More>>

EDN Hot 100 Products of 2007: EDA

This FPGA debugging technique is of particular interest to ASIC designers moving into the FPGA domain, because it allows you to see how the design behaves in the physical chip while still having access to all the capabilities and flexibility of a software simulator...Read More>>

FPGA Designers See Some Of EDA's Best Work In 2007
One of the more interesting launches was from GateRocket, a startup that has seen FPGAs rise in size and complexity to ASIC-like levels. With that evolution comes a host of ASIC-like verification issues. For FPGA designers, just as for ASIC designers, simulation is too slow. GateRocket's RocketDrives are hardware units that take advantage of the actual target FPGAs ... Read More>>

FPGA tool startup 'rockets' for success
The 6-person company got its start in 2004 because a chip designer made a painful transition from ASIC to FPGA design. That was co-founder Chris Schalick, now vice president of engineering and CTO. While working at Teradyne, Orecchio said, Schalick had a lot of difficulty getting FPGAs to work properly in the lab because he lacked clear visibility into what was happening ... Read More>>

EDA start-up GateRocket brings hardware-based accelerator to FPGA designers
EDA start-up called GateRocket Inc wants to bring hardware-assisted verification to designers programming the biggest FPGAs from Xilinx and Altera and claims that its mixed-hardware-and-software approach will provide a 10- to 1000-times speedup in the simulation of these FPGAs ... Read More>>

Device Native Verification of FPGAs - GateRocket
On April 23 GateRocket Inc. announced availability its Device Native verification product that gives FPGA designers the power to validate designs with one to two orders of magnitude faster simulation, and realize actual device behavior early in the design process. RocketDrive is a hardware and software ... Read More>>

GateRocket introduces "Device Native" verification for advanced FPGAs
GateRocket Inc. has announced the availability of the industry's first Device Native verification product that gives Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) designers the power to validate designs with one to two orders of magnitude faster simulation, and realize actual device behavior ... Read More>>

GateRocket Delivers Native Verification Solution for Advanced FPGAs
GateRocket, Inc. has announced availability of the Device Native verification product that gives FPGA designers the power to validate designs with one to two orders of magnitude faster simulation, and realize actual ... Read More>>

GateRocket Delivers the EDA Industry's First Device Native Verification Solution for Advanced FPGAs
RocketDrive: The RocketDrive Device Native verification solution is powered by the speed of hardware, the accuracy of the true chip behavior ... Read More>>

GateRocket Creates First Device Native Verification for FPGAs
The RocketDrive Device Native verification solution is powered by the speed of hardware, the accuracy of the true chip behavior and the unbounded scalability of a system prototype. An EDA first, RocketDrive offers the ability ... Read More>>

GateRocket Delivers the EDA Industry's First Device Native Verification Solution for Advanced FPGAs
GateRocketT Inc. today announced availability of the industry's first Device NativeT verification product that gives Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) designers the power to validate designs ... Read More>>

Verification Solution for Advanced FPGAs
RocketDrive: The RocketDrive Device Native verification solution is powered by the speed of hardware, the accuracy of the true chip behavior and the unbounded scalability of a system prototype. An EDA first, RocketDrive offers the ability to exhaustively validate ... Read More>>