Architecting and Building High Speed SoCs

This is the code repository for Architecting and Building High Speed SoCs, published by Packt.

Design, develop, and debug complex FPGA-based systems-on-chip

What is this book about?

This book covers the following exciting features:

Understand SoC FPGAs’ main features, advanced buses and interface protocols
Develop and verify an SoC hardware platform targeting an FPGA-based SoC
Explore and use the main tools for building the SoC hardware and software
Build advanced SoCs using hardware acceleration with custom IPs
Implement an OS-based software application targeting an FPGA-based SoC
Understand the hardware and software integration techniques for SoC FPGAs
Use tools to co-debug the SoC software and hardware
Gain insights into communication and DSP principles in FPGA-based SoCs

If you feel this book is for you, get your copy today!

Instructions and Navigations

All of the code is organized into folders. For example, Chapter02.

Following is what you need for this book: This book is for FPGA and ASIC hardware and firmware developers, IoT engineers, SoC architects, and anyone interested in understanding the process of developing a complex SoC, including all aspects of the hardware design and the associated firmware design. Prior knowledge of digital electronics, and some experience of coding in VHDL or Verilog and C or a similar language suitable for embedded systems will be required for using this book. A general understanding of FPGA and CPU architecture will also be helpful but not mandatory.

With the following software and hardware list you can run all code files present in the book.

Software and Hardware List

Software required	OS required
Xilinx Vivado 2021.2 or a higher version	Windows Enterprise and Professional 10.0 Or Window 10 HE and VirtualBox Or Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS up to 20.04.1 LTS
Xilinx Vitis	Windows Enterprise and Professional 10.0 Or Window 10 HE and VirtualBox Or Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS up to 20.04.1 LTS
VirtualBox	Windows 10

We also provide a PDF file that has color images of the screenshots/diagrams used in this book. Click here to download it.

Code in Action

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Get to Know the Author

Mounir Maaref lives in the UK and works as a Principal SoC Architect. He has 25 years experience in the microelectronics industry spanning FPGAs, ASICs, Embedded Processing, Networking, Data Storage, Satellite Communications, Bluetooth, and WiFi connectivity. He likes working on cutting edge technologies involving both hardware and software. His main focus is on the system architecture design, performance analysis, and modeling. He has published several Application Notes and White Papers, and has been a speaker at many conferences worldwide. He holds a Masters degree in Electronics and Telecoms. He is a 2nd dan black belt in Tang Soo Do and is getting trained to become a Martial Arts instructor.

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