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[Srinivas]

that too, but i started with design of the microprocessor... its instruction set ( less than 20 ), its i/o system etc... we are trying to find money to buy a xilinx fpga to simulate the processor on... the development board that xilinx's india distributor recommended costs a bit more than 1.2 lakhs.

once we have the fpga, i will mainly write the control program ( operating system ).

Ok Nice project !!

Which language you are choosing Verilog or VHDL ??

Xilinx is a good FPGA. If my guess is correct you trying to offer your project to Under graduates as their academic project.

I am working on both the Languages and I am currently working on a 200 Gigahertz server in CISCO !!

I am a designer and I work on RTL coding/designing.

 

[jamahir]

Ok Nice project !!

Which language you are choosing Verilog or VHDL ??

i haven't decided... i bought a book called "hdl programming fundamentals : vhdl and verilog" whose author is nazeih botros.

which language depends on two things... (1). which ever is the most simple to program for a fpga, (2). the language should allow design of clock-less circuits.

If my guess is correct you trying to offer your project to Under graduates as their academic project.

that is a good idea, though the project is meant to be a transnational open-source project with socialism as the guiding philosophy... the project is one of the projects in the "jamahiriya" socialist movement that i participate in.

I am working on both the Languages and I am currently working on a 200 Gigahertz server in CISCO !!

how many processors are there in the server??

I am a designer and I work on RTL coding/designing.

there are two others on pdf... donatello and "skull and bones"... maybe we all can work together, without all these nationalistic/ideological hatreds... work on purely scientific basis.

Cool man.. Since you do not believe in money, I am sure that you will give me one for free

sorry, did not see this post... like i said to srinivas, this computer is meant to be open-source design... so, free then... but i promise that one of the first ten prototypes will be my gift to you.

 

[Srinivas]

i haven't decided... i bought a book called "hdl programming fundamentals : vhdl and verilog" whose author is nazeih botros.
which language depends on two things... (1). which ever is the most simple to program for a fpga, (2). the language should allow design of clock-less circuits.

Go for Verilog, any one who knows C language can easily understand Verilog.

Processor design will have a control block or ALU which is clock based design. You have to use clock in this design.

that is a good idea, though the project is meant to be a transnational open-source project with socialism as the guiding philosophy... the project is one of the projects in the "jamahiriya" socialist movement that i participate in.

Ok but socialism has some serious flaws and Socialism needs some reforms to achieve the target.

how many processors are there in the server??

The design has many cards/boards stacked on top of each other and apart from ASIC processors, My FPGAs have internal processors embedded in them. The Processors are in 10's, not calculated the exact number.

there are two others on pdf... donatello and "skull and bones"... maybe we all can work together, without all these nationalistic/ideological hatreds... work on purely scientific basis.

Fine !!

 

[Donatello]

I am a Micro electronics Engg. reason why I asked you because of curiosity.

So you are working on software part

Micro Electronics engineer in India.....?

 

[Srinivas]

Micro Electronics engineer in India.....?

Yes I am an RTL designer in Bangalore.

 

[EternalJives]

Micro Electronics engineer in India.....?

May come as a surprise (understandable) but I have a couple of friends myself who are micro electronics designer in India. The work they do, ofcourse isn't at par with what engineers do here in US, but it's a burgeoning work stream there.

@Srinivas - By any chance, did you graduate from NIT, Warangal?

 

[Srinivas]

May come as a surprise (understandable) but I have a couple of friends myself who are micro electronics designer in India. The work they do, ofcourse isn't at par with what engineers do here in US, but it's a burgeoning work stream there.

@Srinivas - By any chance, did you graduate from NIT, Warangal?

Oh ... I see thanks for enlightening me , Are you a a Micro electronics designer as well, which company and field you work??

No I am from JNTU, CISCO Bangalore is one of the best !!

The FPGA design department works in close co ordination with engg. all over the world. We do FPGA design Italians and Germans do Board designs.

 

[EternalJives]

Oh ... I see thanks for enlightening me , Are you a a Micro electronics designer as well, which company and field you work??

No, no.. I work for MSFT here in Redmond. I have friends who are into micro electronics in India.

 

[Srinivas]

No, no.. I work for MSFT here in Redmond. I have friends who are into micro electronics in India.

Oh I thought you are talking based on your knowledge and work experience in this field.

 

[EternalJives]

knowledge and work experience

Knowledge yes - MSFT itself has a pretty descent ME stack (XBOX, X1 and others). The ME stack is semi custom.
Work Experience - No. My area of interests are miles away from that stuff..

 

[Donatello]

Yes I am an RTL designer in Bangalore.

So you work on the software or the actual processor design?

Knowledge yes - MSFT itself has a pretty descent ME stack (XBOX, X1 and others). The ME stack is semi custom.
Work Experience - No. My area of interests are miles away from that stuff..

Microsoft doesn't design the cpu or gpu for it's X-box.....they perhaps do consulting with firms like Intel/AMD/Nvidia to get their desired product, which means Microsoft ME engineers basically sit and watch

 

[Srinivas]

So you work on the software or the actual processor design?

I am an FPGA/ASIC designer, I design micro chips. It involves coding in Verilog/VHDL and also testing.

Basically I deal with both (coding the hardware design) Software and Hardware. Once our design is transformed into board and FPGAs mounted on it we test them with the help of Diags team and see if there are any flaws are there and check the performance of the design.

We develop modules related to Networking. These days FPGA vendors offer processors like Micro Blaze as IPs which offer better performance.

 

[Donatello]

I am an FPGA/ASIC designer, I design micro chips. It involves coding in Verilog/VHDL and also testing.

Basically I deal with both (coding the hardware design) Software and Hardware. Once our design is transformed into board and FPGAs mounted on it we test them with the help of Diags team and see if there are any flaws are there and check the performance of the design.

We develop modules related to Networking. These days FPGA vendors offer processors like Micro Blaze as IPs which offer better performance.

This is what me, @Skull and Bones and @jamahir were having a discussion about. jamahir does similar work to yours, while i worked on IC design down to the individual transistor level, that is, designing each bit from scratch.
With FPGAs you already have the physical processor, you are arranging the resources like logic gates according to your needs.

For example, you work on Xilinx or Altera........fine.....but who designs that Xilinx or Altera ?

What SDK/HDKs are you currently using?

 

[Srinivas]

You worked on ASIC physical design.

I work on Systems design. We take the requirements and then design the whole system.

I have experience on RTL coding, Timing analysis, Synthesis and PAR. I am also a part of the design team which designed a microcontroller. But now a days Micro processors/controllers are supplied by the FPGA vendors and they give better performance since they have the customized resources allocated inside FPGA.

This is what me, @Skull and Bones and @jamahir were having a discussion about. jamahir does similar work to yours, while i worked on IC design down to the individual transistor level, that is, designing each bit from scratch.
With FPGAs you already have the physical processor, you are arranging the resources like logic gates according to your needs.

For example, you work on Xilinx or Altera........fine.....but who designs that Xilinx or Altera ?

What SDK/HDKs are you currently using?

 

[Donatello]

You worked on ASIC physical design.

I work on Systems design. We take the requirements and then design the whole system.

I have experience on RTL coding, Timing analysis, Synthesis and PAR. I am also a part of the design team which designed a microcontroller. But now a days Micro processors/controllers are supplied by the FPGA vendors and they give better performance since they have the customized resources allocated inside FPGA.

Yes that is what i meant, and ASIC/Custom IC design and VHDL/FPGA are two very distinct fields. Generally the Custom IC part is accompanied with knowledge/training of VHDL but not the other way round. Since someone putting a FPGA into their use need only know how write his specific part of the system. In case of a IC/ASIC designer, he better know how the processor will accept the language or not.

In simple terms, just like you writing a C/C++ program for a embedded system.......you don't need to know how the processor runs or the assembly language....the compiler does it for you.

You worked on ASIC physical design.

I work on Systems design. We take the requirements and then design the whole system.

I have experience on RTL coding, Timing analysis, Synthesis and PAR. I am also a part of the design team which designed a microcontroller. But now a days Micro processors/controllers are supplied by the FPGA vendors and they give better performance since they have the customized resources allocated inside FPGA.

Which is the most stable SDK/HDK you found for your FPGA?