The “Do Any Thing Chip”: FPGA Prepared by: Hayder Mazin Makki 1
1 st Lecture Contents: What is the FPGA Chip? FPGA vs CPU vs Microcontroller FPGA vs ASIC. Programming Methods for FPGA Boards What is VHDL? VHDL Data Classes VHDL Data Types VHDL Code Structure 2
What is the FPGA Chip? FPGA : It is F ield P rogrammable G ate A rray technique. FPGA: Provide configurable system. FPGA: Provides parallel processing capabilities. 3
What is the FPGA Chip? Programmable Logic Blocks (PLBs) 4