fpga, quicklogic

1. Quick logic FPGA
By: Sakshi Bhargava (120398)

2. BlockRAMs
BlockRAMs
Configurable
Logic
Blocks
I/O
Blocks
What is an FPGA?
Block
RAMs

3. • designs must be sent
for expensive and time
consuming fabrication
in semiconductor foundry
• bought off the shelf
and reconfigured by
designers themselves
Two competing implementation approaches
ASIC
Application Specific
Integrated Circuit
FPGA
Field Programmable
Gate Array
• designed all the way
from behavioral description
to physical layout
• no physical layout design;
design ends with
a bitstream used
to configure a device

4. Which Way to Go?
Off-the-shelf
Low development cost
Short time to market
Reconfigurability
High performance
ASICs FPGAs
Low power
Low cost in
high volumes

6. Other FPGA Advantages
• Manufacturing cycle for ASIC is very costly,
lengthy and engages lots of manpower
– Mistakes not detected at design time have large
impact on development time and cost
– FPGAs are perfect for rapid prototyping of digital
circuits
• Easy upgrades like in case of software
• Unique applications
– reconfigurable computing

7. Major FPGA Vendors
SRAM-based FPGAs
• Xilinx, Inc.
• Altera Corp.
• Atmel
• Lattice Semiconductor
Flash & antifuse FPGAs
• Actel Corp.
• Quick Logic Corp.
Share about 90% of the market

9. Quicklogic
• Headquarter: Sunnyvale, USA
• Applications
Smart phones
Wearables
Mobile enterprises
Tablets

10. LOGIC CELL

11. Antifuse
• Quick Logic Corporation refers to their
antifuses as "ViaLinks" because blown fuses
create a connection between two crossing
layers of wiring on the chip in the same way
that a via on a printed circuit board creates a
connection between copper layers.

12. Antifuse technology

13. Quick logic Vialink Antifuse

14. Quick logic latest devices
• PALO ALTO, Calif. — Quick Logic Corp. is backing away from the FPGA market, saying it will instead
focus on an ASSP-like sector called customer specific standard products (CSSPs).
• Quick Logic has been selling the PolarPro line of low-power, one-time programmable FPGAs, which
competed against products from rivals Actel, Altera, Lattice and Xilinx.
• But going forward, FPGA pioneer QuickLogic will no longer position the PolarPro line for
mainstream FPGA applications. The company will continue to sell FPGA products to niche-oriented
applications in the aerospace, military and related fronts.
• Instead, the company will focus on what it calls CSSPs, which includes a recently-introduced
controller line
• QuickLogic had a tough time competing against what Hart called the "Coke and Pepsi" in FPGAs:
Altera and Xilinx
• It also appears that QuickLogic bet on the wrong technology. QuickLogic announced samples of the
PolarPro family in December of 2005 and delivered production silicon in 2006. At the time, the
PolarPro family boasted a number of innovative architectural features, including an inactive power
consumption of only 10-microAmps and special embedded first-in, first-out (FIFO) controller blocks.
• The company had a tough time selling the FPGAs, which are based on a one-time programmable
technology, Hart said. Customers wanted "re-programmable" solutions, he added.
• The device, which is called ArcticLink, is a CSSP that can be configured to support several
communications and peripheral protocols for handheld systems.

15. Development tools
QuickLogic provides a complete design
environment for Field Programmable
Gate Array (FPGA) designs.
QuickLogic development software helps
you increase productivity, shorten design
cycles, achieve design performance and
power requirements quickly and
efficiently.
QuickWorks® supports Windows
operating systems, and provides a
comprehensive design environment
ranging from schematic and HDL-base
design entry, HDL language editors and
tutorials, logic synthesis, place and route,
timing analysis, and simulation support.
QuickLogic has partnered with Mentor
Graphics and Aldec Inc. to provide
industry leading synthesis and simulation
tools, as well as provide an interface to
other industry standard EDA tools.
In addition, QuickLogic provides various
reference design kits and software
development kits to shorten your
verification cycles.

16. References
 http://www.powershow.com/view3/437604-
NTBiM/Antifuse_and_Rupture_powerpoint_ppt_presentatio
n
 www.quicklogic.com/
 http://www.quicklogic.com/solutions/cssp/showcase/
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzCqWrnbT9Q
 Page no. 36-37, quick logic fpga, Field programmable custom
computing technology book, springer publication edited by
joffery