Hacker News with Generative AI: FPGA

The Xilinx ISE Installer Lies (stefanabikaram.com)
For various reasons, I wanted to run Xilinx ISE (predecessors to Vivado) in a parallel and portable manner (think of something like running place and route on thousands of digital designs for FPGAs). Now, ISE is no longer being developed, but they obviously keep some of the recent versions hosted for their gray-haired customers.

FPGA, Software, Design Tools, Xilinx

13 points by stefanpie 5 days ago | 3 comments

W65C832 in an FPGA (mikekohn.net)
Back in the 80's, the Western Design Center (WDC) created a 16 bit version of the 6502 CPU called the W65C816.

Hardware, Retro Computing, FPGA

74 points by homarp 15 days ago | 12 comments

An FPGA-based LGP-30 Replica (e-basteln.de)
The LGP-30 was a commercial computer, released in 1956. Due to its simple design and relatively low cost, it may be seen as the first “personal computer” – to be used by a single user as their “desk computer”. (It could sit by your desk, and was the size of a desk too.)

Hardware, Retrocomputing, FPGA, Computer History

49 points by ofrzeta 18 days ago | 8 comments

Banked Memories for Soft SIMT Processors (arxiv.org)
Recent advances in soft GPGPU architectures have shown that a small (<10K LUT), high performance (770 MHz) processor is possible in modern FPGAs.

Hardware, Computer Architecture, Artificial Intelligence, FPGA

9 points by matt_d 23 days ago | 0 comments

FPGA-Based Implementation of Signal Processing Systems (2nd Edition) (wiley.com)
An important working resource for engineers and researchers involved in the design, development, and implementation of signal processing systems

FPGA, Signal Processing, Engineering, Hardware

12 points by teleforce 29 days ago | 0 comments

Zero ASIC launches first open standard eFPGA /w open-source bitstream, toolchain (zeroasic.com)
Cambridge, MA – March 18, 2025 – Zero ASIC, a U.S. semiconductor startup on a mission to democratize silicon, has announced PlatypusTM, the world’s first open-standard eFPGA IP product.

Open Source, Hardware, FPGA, Semiconductor, Startups

36 points by transpute 34 days ago | 5 comments

Show HN: Game Bub – open-source FPGA retro emulation handheld (lipsitz.net)
I’m excited to announce the project I’ve been working on for the last year and a half: Game Bub, an open-source FPGA based retro emulation handheld, with support for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games.

Open Source, Retro Gaming, Hardware, FPGA

274 points by elipsitz 73 days ago | 62 comments

Unobtanium 6502 based KIM-1 part now obtanium with FPGA (paulsajna.com)
Today I'm excited to announce a project I've been working on for over a year is working and ready for early adopters to play with.

Hardware, FPGA, Retro Computing

24 points by djmips 81 days ago | 4 comments

Verifying FPGA using Free OS tools and frameworks (hackster.io)
When working with FPGA, before we put the design on hardware we need to be able to verify it lets take a look at how we can do this.

FPGA, Hardware, Verification, Open Source

6 points by signalhound 89 days ago | 0 comments

A FPGA friendly 32 bit RISC-V CPU implementation (github.com/SpinalHDL)
This repository hosts a RISC-V implementation written in SpinalHDL.

FPGA, RISC-V, Hardware, Open Source, Embedded Systems

121 points by _benj 94 days ago | 54 comments

Symbolic Reference and Hardware Models in Python (tomverbeure.github.io)
In a professional FPGA or ASIC development flow, multiple models are tested against each other to ensure that the final design behaves the way it should.

Python, Hardware, FPGA, ASIC, Modeling

22 points by hasheddan 119 days ago | 0 comments

How to Reverse Engineer a 12 EUR Intel PCIe FPGA Card IBM 98Y2610 (circuitvalley.com)
This Post is showing how to Reverse Engineer a Unknown FPGA Board which I got off Ebay.

Reverse Engineering, FPGA, Hardware, Electronics, IBM

93 points by zdw 138 days ago | 35 comments

MultiQueue-Based FPGA Routing: Relaxed A* Priority Ordering-Improved Parallelism [pdf] (utoronto.ca)

FPGA, Routing, Parallelism, Optimization, Computer Science

47 points by matt_d 140 days ago | 3 comments

Ubitium is developing 'universal' processor combining CPU, GPU, DSP, and FPGA (tomshardware.com)

Processors, Hardware, Computing, Technology, FPGA

34 points by LorenDB 153 days ago | 16 comments

A programmable FPGA SoM in the tiny microSD form factor (crowdsupply.com)
The Signaloid C0-microSD is a tiny programmable FPGA System-on-Module (SoM) that makes it possible to extend your existing industrial automation, manufacturing, and robotics systems with an FPGA-based hardware accelerator.

FPGA, Hardware, Robotics, Industrial Automation, Manufacturing

90 points by LorenDB 162 days ago | 40 comments

LlamaF: An Efficient Llama2 Architecture Accelerator on Embedded FPGAs (arxiv.org)
Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable abilities in natural language processing. However, their deployment on resource-constrained embedded devices remains difficult due to memory and computational demands.

Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, Embedded Systems, FPGA

124 points by PaulHoule 211 days ago | 29 comments

Ask HN: Marketplaces for Embedded/FPGA Developers (ycombinator.com)
I have what I imagine to be a fairly simple project for a talented FPGA coder.

FPGA, Embedded Systems, Hiring, Freelancing, Marketplaces

43 points by ckemere 220 days ago | 33 comments

Affordable DE10-Nano compatible boards for MiSTer FPGA retro platform (retrorgb.com)
Taki Udon said he’ll be listing the first batch of his DE-10 Nano clone boards for sale today at 8PM NYC time.

FPGA, Retro Gaming, Hardware, DIY

109 points by retro_guy 228 days ago | 41 comments

Low Level Guide to Doing Ethernet on an FPGA (hackaday.com)

FPGA, Hardware, Networking, Embedded Systems

6 points by transpute 254 days ago | 0 comments

Efinix Topaz is a new low-power RISC-V SoC FPGA family manufactured in 16nm (cnx-software.com)

FPGA, RISC-V, Hardware, Low-Power, Semiconductor

12 points by fork-bomber 255 days ago | 1 comments

Open Source FPGA Expansion Card for the Apple II (reactivemicro.com)

Open Source, Hardware, Apple II, FPGA

99 points by tjake 256 days ago | 17 comments

Reverse engineering XC2064, the first FPGA (2020) (righto.com)