DevTalk with Rich and Vin: Embedded FPGAs with Achronix

About this episode

The episode discusses the efficient implementation of functions in hardware versus software, focusing on embedded FPGAs with guest Steve Mensor from Achronix.

Theoretically, you can do whatever functions you require in hardware or software. The most efficient way to complete those functions is with the proper mix of hardware and software. The important question is how you determine what gets implemented in hardware versus what’s in software. What if you can do a quasi-hardware-software mix? That’s what is available through embedded FPGAs. To understand this technology far better than Vin or I can, we invited Steve Mensor, a Vice Preside...

People in this episode

Hosts: Rich Nass, Vin

Guest: Steve Mensor

Topics covered

• embedded FPGAs
• hardware-software mix
• technology implementation
• efficiency in computing
• FPGA technology

Keywords

• embedded FPGAs
• hardware
• software
• Achronix
• technology
• efficiency
• computing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Achronix

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