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Hardwire: Power consumption?
Record #1965
Problem Title:
Hardwire: Power consumption?
Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard
General Description: What is the general rule of power
consumption between a FPGA and a Hardwire device?
Solution 1:
The power consumption is typically slightly less (10%)
compared to that of a FPGA. However, the power differences
are *VERY* design dependent. If most power is used in I/O
switching in the FPGA, then there is very little power
difference between the FPGA and the HardWire device. If most
of the power is in the logic, then there is a larger power
reduction. Currently, Xilinx doesn't have a software tool to
predict the difference.
End of Record #1965 - Last Modified: 03/20/97 10:36 |
