- Built on strong foundation of open-source modules for
commercial deployments
- Supports additional HDL inferencing and design debug
capabilities
- New Features improves utilization and performance for
reconfigurable computing
SAN
JOSE, Calif., Nov. 16,
2023 /PRNewswire/ -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:
QUIK) has released version 2.4 of its Aurora eFPGA development tool
suite. This newest version integrates core tool enhancements that
improve the eFPGA utilization and performance of designer's RTL,
particularly in the area of reconfigurable computing. The
Tool Suite integrates fully open-source modules for scalability,
longevity, and full code transparency.
New Features
- Asymmetric BlockRAM (BRAM) Inferencing – Reconfigurable
computing algorithms, particularly ones that involve cryptography
or the real-time update of weights when implementing convolutional
neural networks often require different read/write widths of BRAMs.
The Inferencing feature now available in Aurora™ reduces the need
for manual modification of a user's RTL design.
- State-of-the-Art "Single Stage" Routing – The maximum
operating frequency (Fmax) of a user's design is a function of the
efficiency of the Placement and Routing (PnR) algorithms adopted by
the FPGA User Tool. Aurora™ version 2.4 integrates a
state-of-the-art Single Stage Routing algorithm that boosts Fmax of
a user's design targeting QuickLogic eFPGA cores by up to 24%
according to QuickLogic's extensive suite of benchmark designs. The
algorithm was developed through a funded research program at the
University of Toronto and presented at
the FPL Conference in Sweden in
September of this year.
- Power Calculation –eFPGA cores have nearly unlimited
reprogrammability, therefore, understanding dynamic power
consumption across the universe of use cases can be an incredibly
time-consuming task. This latest version of the Aurora FPGA Tools
calculates dynamic power from a user's design's clock frequencies
and extracted capacitance models extracted from QuickLogic's
ASIC-like design methodology. Moreover, with
QuickLogic's Continuous Integration (CI) infrastructure, Command
Line Interface (CLI) option, and advanced scripting examples, FPGA
users can calculate anticipated power consumption across libraries
of user designs – in a fully automated way.
- Usability – Validating functionality and timing closure
can be an arduous task for FPGA users. Version 2.4 of Aurora FPGA
User Tools includes several developments to the workflow to improve
overall user's design time. These include:
- Upgraded Integrated Development Environment,
- Project Workspace,
- Execution Control Panel,
- Expanded Log Console,
- Physical Viewer,
- Critical Path Analysis, and
- Detailed Timing/Utilization Information.
"QuickLogic's commitment to excellence is evident in the release
of Aurora version 2.4 eFPGA/FPGA User Tools," said
Mao Wang, senior director of product
development at QuickLogic. "The latest version of the
tool delivers significant performance and utilization improvements
for our customers and empowers them to create more efficient
designs."
Availability
QuickLogic's new Aurora 2.4 Development
Tool Suite is available now. For more information, visit
www.quicklogic.com/products/efpga-user-tools-2-4
About QuickLogic
QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:
QUIK) is a fabless semiconductor company that develops innovative
embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, discrete FPGAs, and FPGA SoCs for a
variety of industrial, aerospace and defense, edge and endpoint AI,
consumer, and computing applications. Our wholly-owned subsidiary,
SensiML Corporation, completes the end-to-end solution portfolio
with AI / ML software that accelerates AI at the edge/endpoint. For
more information, visit quicklogic.com.
The QuickLogic logo and QuickLogic are registered trademarks
of QuickLogic Corporation. Aurora is a trademark. All other brands
or trademarks are the property of their respective holders and
should be treated as such.
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