This article is part of the series Rapid Prototyping of DSP Systems.

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Logic Foundry: Rapid Prototyping for FPGA-Based DSP Systems

Gary Spivey1*, Shuvra S Bhattacharyya2 and Kazuo Nakajima34

Author Affiliations

1 Rincon Research Corporation, Tucson, AZ 85711, USA

2 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

3 Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA

4 New Architecture Open Lab, NTT Communication Science Labs, Kyoto, Japan

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EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 2003, 2003:720828  doi:10.1155/S1110865703301039


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Received: 13 March 2002
Revisions received: 9 October 2002
Published: 20 May 2003

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We introduce the Logic Foundry, a system for the rapid creation and integration of FPGA-based digital signal processing systems. Recognizing that some of the greatest challenges in creating FPGA-based systems occur in the integration of the various components, we have proposed a system that targets the following four areas of integration: design flow integration, component integration, platform integration, and software integration. Using the Logic Foundry, a system can be easily specified, and then automatically constructed and integrated with system level software.

Keywords:
FPGA; DSP; rapid prototyping; design methodology; CAD tools; integration

Research Article