In August of 2006, an engineering VP from one of Altera’s customers approached Misha Burich, VP of Engineering at Altera, asking for help in reliably being able to predict the cost, schedule and quality of system designs reliant on FPGA designs.
Phil Simpson is Altera's senior manager for software technical marketing and product planning. In this role, Simpson is responsible for Altera's Quartus II software and third-party EDA interfaces product planning and the creation of the Altera design flow software roadmap. Prior to joining Altera in 1996, Simpson held several engineering roles at various EDA and semiconductor companies, including EDA Solutions, Data I/O and Lucas Aerospace. Simpson holds a BS (with honors) in Electrical & Electronic Engineering from City University, London and an MSC (with distinction) in system design from the University of Central England, Birmingham, England.
Innehållsförteckning
Best Practices for Successful FPGA Design.- Project Management.- Design Specification.- Resource Scoping.- Design Environment.- Board Design.- Power and Thermal Analysis.- RTL Design.- IP and Design Reuse.- The Hardware to Software Interface.- Functional Verification.- Timing Closure.- In-System Debug.- Design Sign-Off.
