Using multi-FPGA systems for ASIC prototyping

Multi-FPGA systems are a growing area of research. They offer the potential to deliver high performance solutions to general computing tasks, especially for the prototyping of digital logic. However, to realize this potential requires a flexible, powerful hardware substrate and a complete, high quality and high performance automatic mapping system. This paper discusses different aspects of multi-FPGA systems as well as various issues that must be taken into account when using multi-FPGA systems to prototype an ASIC or SoC design.