QuickLogic Unveils Cutting-Edge Aurora FPGA/eFPGA User Tools, Elevating Reconfigurable Computing

Overview

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) has just launched version 2.4 of its Aurora eFPGA development tool suite, marking a significant leap in reconfigurable computing capabilities. In this latest release, QuickLogic introduces core tool enhancements that not only enhance eFPGA utilization and performance for RTL designers but also contribute to the burgeoning realm of reconfigurable computing. The Tool Suite seamlessly integrates fully open-source modules, fostering unparalleled scalability, longevity, and code transparency.

Exciting New Features

Unlock heightened eFPGA utilization and performance with the all-new QuickLogic's Aurora 2.4, featuring cutting-edge open-source modules that promise unmatched scalability and code transparency.

• Asymmetric BlockRAM (BRAM) Inferencing – Dive into the world of reconfigurable computing with Aurora™ 2.4's revolutionary Inferencing feature. Specifically tailored for algorithms involving cryptography or real-time weight updates in convolutional neural networks, this feature minimizes the need for manual modifications in the user's RTL design.

• State-of-the-Art "Single Stage" Routing – Witness a performance boost in your design's maximum operating frequency (Fmax) with Aurora™ version 2.4's integration of a state-of-the-art Single Stage Routing algorithm. Developed through a funded research program at the University of Toronto, this algorithm enhances the Fmax of designs targeting QuickLogic eFPGA cores by up to 24%, as validated by QuickLogic's extensive suite of benchmark designs.

• Power Calculation – Tackle the challenge of dynamic power consumption in eFPGA cores effortlessly. Aurora FPGA Tools version 2.4 introduces a power calculation feature that considers design clock frequencies and capacitance models derived from QuickLogic's ASIC-like design methodology. With the support of QuickLogic's Continuous Integration infrastructure and advanced scripting examples, FPGA users can now automate the calculation of anticipated power consumption across diverse user design libraries.

• Usability – Simplify the often tedious tasks of functionality validation and timing closure with Aurora FPGA User Tools version 2.4.These include: 

• Experience an upgraded Integrated Development Environment
• an enhanced Project Workspace, an intuitive Execution Control Panel
• an Expanded Log Console, an insightful Physical Viewer
• a detailed Critical Path Analysis, and comprehensive Timing
• Utilization Information.

Mao Wang, Senior Director of Product Development at QuickLogic, commented, "QuickLogic's commitment to excellence is evident in the release of Aurora version 2.4 eFPGA/FPGA User Tools. The latest version of the tool delivers significant performance and utilization improvements for our customers and empowers them to create more efficient designs."

Availability

The highly anticipated QuickLogic's Aurora 2.4 Development Tool Suite is available now. For a deeper dive into its capabilities, visit www.quicklogic.com/products/efpga-user-tools-2-4.

About QuickLogic

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) stands as a beacon of innovation in the semiconductor realm, specializing in embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, discrete FPGAs, and FPGA SoCs. Catering to diverse applications, including industrial, aerospace and defense, edge and endpoint AI, consumer, and computing, QuickLogic, along with its subsidiary SensiML Corporation, provides an end-to-end solution portfolio with AI/ML software that accelerates AI at the edge/endpoint. For more details, explore quicklogic.com.

Extended reading

Electronic components and FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) can be combined Represents a powerful trend in digital circuit design. Electronic components are the basic building blocks in circuits, including resistors, capacitors, inductors, transistors, etc. FPGA is a programmable logic device that is flexible and programmable and can be configured and reprogrammed according to design needs.

The advantage of combining electronic components with FPGAs is that it allows engineers to implement complex digital circuits on a single chip, improving system performance, flexibility, and maintainability.