FPGA design: Exploring pros, cons and uses
Summary
FPGA programming allows you to wire up millions of little gates to form large complex logical operations. This means the physical logic gates are bigger and the SRAM (Static random-access memory)cells storemore energy, so they’re less likely to get disrupted by a single-event upset (SEU). For 5G telecoms a Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) code is used, this is a piece of maths thats been around for many years, however regular computing power wasnt enough to make it efficient. But if you’re planning to use FPGA programming for an embedded software design, always consult someone seasoned in the field – your final product will be of a much higher quality (and no doubt cheaper) as a result. This is a shortened version of The Ultimate Guide to FPGA Design which goes into a lot more detail including pipelining, GPUs and CPLDs.