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The first products in the adaptive compute acceleration platforms (ACAPs) are unveiled
Xilinx embraces heterogeneous computing with first ACAPs
FPGA / PLD
The latest Electronics Weekly product news on FPGA (field-programmable gate array) and PLD (programmable logic device) devices to be (re)configured by a user after manufacturing.
ASIC asserts rights to ML chip market
According to a report published by Allied Market Research, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) will dominate the machine learning (ML) chip market. The Machine Learning Chip Market report forecasts the global ML chip market will be worth $37.8 billion in 2025, demonstrating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40.8% between 2018 and 2025. The report considers chips by type ...
Partners bridge HLS and FPGA technology
Designers can used the integrated development environment (IDE) to quickly go from C++ to FPGA using the HLS and Achronix’s ACE design tools. The combination can reduce the development effort for 5G wireless and other design applications that require high performance FPGA technology in SoCs, configured using a proven C‑based design flow. Ellie Burns, director of marketing, Calypto Systems division, Mentor said: “Achronix eFPGA offers a tremendous ...
DAC explores the role of AI and ML across the markets
The 55th Design Automation Conference (DAC) will cover many topics for chip and system designers
Neural network accelerators for Lattice FPGAs
Lattice has introduced two hardware artificial intelligence algorithm accelerators for its FPGAs, one for binarised neural networks (BNNs) and one for convolutional neural networks (CNNs). Both are aimed at implement neural networks in consumer and industrial network-edge products. They are not suitable for network training, which must be done elsewhere. ‘Binarized neural network (BNN) accelerator’ supports 1bit weights, has 1bit activation ...
Xilinx reports record revenues and searches for UK engineers
Xilinx has posted record revenues of $2.54 billion for the fiscal year 2018, an increase of 8% from last year. Revenues were $673 million for Q4 of FY 2018, up 7% from the prior quarter and up 10% from Q4 FY 2017. CEO Victor Peng attributes the growth to :a three-pronged approach”, focusing on data centres, with the introduction of ...
EW: Video Interview – Lattice advancing Edge Connectivity and Edge Computing
At Embedded World 2018, we caught up with Deepak Boppana of Lattice Semiconductor.
Fast SoC module is supported with build environment
Based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, the Mercury+XUI is Enclustra’s fastest SoC module. It will be presented at Embedded World 2018 (Hall 3-210). The module has up to 747,000 systems logic cells across six Arm processors, a GPU and up to 294 user I/Os. Built-in interfaces include two Gigabit Ethernet, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0, 16 master guide tables ...
Microsemi products free from Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities
Microsemi says its entire portfolio is unaffected by the Spectre and Meltdown flaws. “As a leader in security, we strive to ensure our products are immune to both existing and potential new threats or vulnerabilities,” says Microsemi CTO Jim Aralis, “as soon as news broke about Meltdown and Spectre, Microsemi immediately assessed its existing products with thorough analysis of the ...
Avnet and Aaware enhance sound capture for AI applications
At CES18 (9 – 12 January), Aaware will introduce its Sound Capture platform, based on Avnet’s MiniZed Zynq SoC. It integrates algorithmic acceleration and a flexible microphone array board with the dual-core Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs. It is designed to help development teams create far-field, voice-to-machine communications functionality that is more natural and robust than available today, says Jim Beneke, vice ...
