FPGA to ASIC conversion design methodology with the support for fast retargetting to different CMOS implementation technologies

Author

Markovic, P. ; Mujkovic, V.

Author_Institution

Mihajlo Pupin Inst., Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

703

Abstract

This paper discuss the conversion methodology that allows a user of Xilinx FPGA technology to automatically convert a XNF based design in ASIC ready for fabrication. The conversion methodology is based on the developed software package f2a and Alliance tool set as a back-end tool. The f2a package can accept XNF netlist that is mapped (converted) to structural VHDL description. The main features of the software package are described as well as data structure. The conversion methodology is described in details and applied solutions to overcome differences between FPGA technology and target VHDL library are presented

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; integrated circuit design; ASIC; Alliance; CMOS technology; VHDL; XNF netlist; Xilinx FPGA; back-end tool; conversion design methodology; data structure; f2a; software package; Application specific integrated circuits; CMOS technology; Costs; Design methodology; Field programmable gate arrays; Production; Prototypes; Software packages; Testing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics, 2000. Proceedings. 2000 22nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nis

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5235-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMEL.2000.838787

Filename

838787