XPMs: Beyond Instantiation and Inference
Unlock efficient FPGA design with Xilinx Parameterizable Macros—flexible, reusable solutions for implementing on-chip memory, FIFOs, and reliable clock domain crossing using Vivado.
Topic
FPGA Concepts
A collection of 13 issues
"Levels of Logic" in FPGA Timing Reports and Why It Matters?
Explore the levels of logic in FPGA design, from high-level algorithms to register-transfer level (RTL), logic gates, and physical implementation. Understanding this concept is key for optimizing performance, area, and synthesis in FPGA projects.
Beyond Basic Gates: How Multiplexers Map to LUTs and the Power of Xilinx F7, F8 MUXes
Understanding Xilinx UltraScale CLB architecture is necessary to fully harness the power of expansion multiplexers which can be cascaded at the output of LUTs.
Understanding Synthesis Directives
Optimize your SystemVerilog RTL design for quality of synthesis results! Learn how synthesis directives (attributes) like KEEP and DONT_TOUCH provide crucial hints to your tools, enabling advanced optimization, timing closure, and efficient resource utilization in hardware design.
ASIC-Style Clock Gating in FPGAs
How does ASIC-style Clock Gating translate to FPGA prototypes?
Understanding Clock Constrains
A complete overview starting with the basic timing constraints and building it up to the more advanced categories.
IOSTANDARDs in Xilinx FPGAs
What are they and Why are they needed in FPGA Design?
Advanced Topics in Static Timing Analysis
Understanding Clock Skew, Clock Jitter and effects of additional pipelining on latency.
The Fundamentals of Static Timing Analysis in Digital Circuits
Setup and Hold Time, Critical Paths and Other Key Concepts Explained
Designing with Xilinx Memory Primitives: Understanding Inference vs Instantiation
When would you infer a memory primitive? What are the advantages of instantiating a memory module? There is a third alternative to inference vs instantiation. Do you know what it is?