Re: FPGAs

Craig Amendt (csamendt@interchange.ubc.ca) Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:54:35 -0700 

From: "Craig Amendt" <csamendt@interchange.ubc.ca>
Subject: Re: FPGAs
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 17:54:35 -0700



The number of "gates" used is just in one of the menus in MAX-Plus.  The TA
showed me one time but I forget which menu it is off hand.  The FPGA has
blocks that are composed of a few logic operators (I can't remember too well
but I think a couple of OR's and an and or something).  These blocks make up
"rows" in the FPGA and the these compose the chip.

In lab 4 (the serial thing) our hardware was only using 5% or so of the chip
if my memory serves me correctly.

This is all a little sketchy, sorry, hopefully someone who knows more will
help you out.

Craig Amendt