fpga – Tarik Billa

Can you program FPGAs in C-like languages? [closed]

April 6, 2024 by Tarik

FPGA’s are not processors. C is a language designed for processors. Yes, there are C to FPGA compilers. Are they a good idea? I’d say No. The design you’re going to end up with is (from what I’ve seen) normally a state machine that has one state per line of code in the C. The … Read more

Open-source field-programmable gate array (FPGA) development tools [closed]

January 6, 2024 by Tarik

There will likely never be a complete open source tool chain for FPGAs unless we manage to develop an open source FPGA architecture. The FPGA companies control the bitstream formats used to program their parts and they have onerous legal language in their user agreements that make it a rather dangerous proposition to try to … Read more