FPGA development tools: keeping pace with design complexity

FPGA tool vendors are paying increased attention to the needs of logic designers. Dramatic advances are being made in the areas of design entry methods, synthesis, partitioning, placement and routing algorithms, system simulation, and tool integration, to name but a few. FPGA tools are evolving into fully integrated tool sets that support sophisticated synthesis-based design environments. The result is a boon to FPGA users, who have access to increasingly effective CAE tools supporting a wide variety of needs, desires, and budgets