FPGA Daily News #031

Starting from 11-Feb-2022 FPGA news will with short description 

1. QuickLogic’s PolarPro3 Will Solve Low Power FPGA Shortages - Electronicsclap
   The developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice-enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, and Endpoint AI solutions, QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) makes its PolarPro3…
    
2. AMD Receives Approval for Acquisition of Xilinx
   AMD-Xilinx transaction expected to close on or about February 14, 2022
    
3. Solving High-Bandwidth Data Transfer - Webinar - Mercury - Recab
   Solving High-Bandwidth Data Transfer & Memory Access in Data Converter Systems. We discuss using technologies - processing & memory demands in modern military systems
    
4. CHIPS Alliance Announces Xilinx as its Newest Member – EEJournal
   CHIPS Alliance, the leading consortium advancing common and open hardware for interfaces, processors and systems, announced that Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) has joined the CHIPS Alliance organizati…
    
5. AMD’s Acquisition of Xilinx Receives Regulatory Go, Expected To Close Feb. 14th - Word of Life News
   Although it’s taken a bit longer than planned, AMD’s acquisition of Xilinx has finally cleared the last regulatory hurdles. With
    
6. Open-Source FPGA: Towards Fully Automated FPGA Tapeout Flows
   In this webinar, we will present the open-source FPGA tools which automate the tapeout flow for custom FPGA fabrics. We will cover the key steps involved in the process when using the tools, including netlist generation, design verification and performance prediction. We will also introduce the latest features in open-source FPGA and explain how they work. What you will learn: How to use open-source FPGA tools to implement custom FPGA fabrics along with an explanation of each key step in the process including netlist generation, design verification and performance prediction.
    
7. FPGA Availability Got You Down?
    
8. AMD confirms Xilinx merger finally approved • The Register
   While Nvidia loses an Arm, this acquisition has legs
    
9. CESNET | CESNET, in cooperation with the French company Reflex CES, has developed acceleration card for 400Gb networks
   Prague, February 3rd, 2022. In cooperation with the French company Reflex CES, the CESNET association created one of the first 400Gb FPGA accelerator cards. The new card is primarily designed for accurate network monitoring and network infrastructure security applications.
    
10. FPGA Interchange format to enable interoperable FPGA tooling | Google Open Source Blog
    FPGA toolchains are not trivial, but roughly speaking, you can divide the process of “compiling” FPGA-targeted code in a Hardware Description Language
     
11. RVfpga: Understanding RISC-V Architecture and Implementation on an FPGA - RISC-V International
    Summary Join Digi-Key for a close look at the inner workings of the RISC-V processor core and ways to implement a soft RISC-V processor core in a target (Xilinx) FPGA...
     
12. How to Select the Right eFPGA IP Technology Partner | Achronix Semiconductor Corporation
    An eFPGA is a licensable FPGA IP core that can be embedded into a custom ASIC or SoC just like any other licensable silicon IP core. In evaluating eFPGA IP technology providers, it is important to look at critical factors to help determine if the solution is best for your application.
     
13. [University Programme] What is RISC-V fpga (RVfpga)? - YouTube
    “RVfpga” provides the foundation knowledge and hands-on experience that the next generation of Programmers and Engineers need to harness the potential of RIS...
     
14. AMD Expects to Close $54 Billion Xilinx Acquisition on Valentine's Day | Tom's Hardware
    For the less romantic readers that is Monday, February 14.
     
15. SemIsrael Tech Webinar | SemIsrael Expo
     
16. Optimize FPGA and ASIC Speed and Area Using HDL Coder - MATLAB & Simulink
     
17. Processing Gigapixels in Real Time | Vision Systems Design
    FPGA technology offers tremendous flexibility, not only due to its reconfigurable nature, but also because of its inherent ability to process multiple data streams concurrently, thus making it ideal for multicamera applications.
     
18. Flexible and area-efficient Galois field Arithmetic Logic Unit for soft-core processors - ScienceDirect
    With the rise of edge computing and the advancement of cryptography and error correction codes, portable device processors are demanded to increase th…
     
19. bladeRF 2.0 micro xA5 - SDR
    Antratek is distributor of embedded electronics and industrial automation. Over 20 years Antratek is recognized for its innovative and affordable products, including excellent service.
     
20. Intel Reveals $1 Billion Fund for Foundry Innovation Ecosystem - Channel Drive
    Intel Reveals $1 Billion Fund for Foundry Innovation Ecosystem
     
21. Part 2: Finite impulse response (FIR) filters - VHDLwhiz
    The FPGA designer can implement the FIR filter either parallel or in series. Learn how to create a FIR filter using VHDL.