VLSI ASIC & FPGA

VLSI

• ASIC

VLSI basics & Knowledge

Source Synchronous interfaces

ASIC Design fundamentals

ASIC Design Verification fundamentals.

• FPGA

Overview of FPGAs

Xilinx FPGAs:

Virtex4 FPGA

Virtex5 FPGA

Advantage of Virtex5 over Virtex4 FPGAs

Individual Block RAM Size
Virtex-5 - 36 Kbits, configurable as one 36 Kbits Block RAM or two independent 18 Kbits Block RAM
Virtex-4 -18 Kbits Block RAM

Number of Block RAM

Virtex5 - 288
Virtex4 - 552

Performance of BRAM
Virtex5-550 MHz (-3 fast)/ 500 MHz (-2 medium)
Virtex4-500 MHz (-12 fast)

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