Accelerating system performance using SOPC builder

The availability of multi million-gate FPGA devices has opened the possibility to create complex single chip systems that were previously partitioned into discrete devices and boards. This paper describes the tools and methods to create these designs. It is shown that the ability of the integration tools that are available to today enable the designer to move away from the traditional flow of creating an over specified hardware base and fixing the system by applying creativity to the software. Exact fit solutions that are more economic to produce are made possible with the additional levels of performance enhancement granularity that is available to systems portioning that is afforded by the additional flexibility.