Imagine that you have 100K gates available for your FPGA design. The current LogiCORE PCI Interface that currently occupies 50% in an XC4013E, will now only take 5% of the chip! There is another 95K gates for implementing other functions such as memory interfaces, DMA controllers, processor interfaces with your own unique logic.

At this level of FPGA complexity, a wide range of pre-implemented and fully verified COREs are absolutely essential to maintain the key benefits of FPGAs - time-to-market.

But cores alone is not enough to design a high-density FPGA system. It is important to have access to a complete solution including

• High-quality, predictable cores that is guaranteed to function. You must be able to focus your time and effort on the system design and your own unique value added functions.
• New FPGA design methodologies and tools optimized for time-to-market to make integration of the core easy and efficient. An FPGA designer’s requirements are different from an ASIC designer. Consequently, methodologies for core-based ASIC designs are not necessarily applicable for an FPGA design.
• Access to professional design consultants for for design services.
• High-density, high-performance FPGAs with system features supporting system design on a chip. A HardWire for an automatic path to a cost effective production solution.