By Peter
Thompson, GE Intelligent Platforms Latency and scalability are among the criteria
to consider when weighing FPGA versus manycore processor use.
One approach to catching integration
problems and design flaws at an earlier stage (Photo courtesy Amateur Entomologists' Society -
http://www.amentsoc.org)
One advantage of using FPGAs is the ability
to implement proven intellectual property to complete bridging
functions quickly and with confidence. A look at a common but complex
interface, PCI Express, demonstrates these benefits.
New Products The XPand4200 (pictured here), a 1/2 ATR
air-cooled chassis from Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES), for which
it is possible to select from a line-up of X-ES SBC, FPGA, and I/O
modules, is among the new products in our data base.