[FPGA Practical Design] Finding the Real Power Consumption with SAIF Files
When designing an NPU at a low-power AI semiconductor startup, you stake your life on the goal of "achieving maximum performance with minimum power."
When designing an NPU at a low-power AI semiconductor startup, you stake your life on the goal of "achieving maximum performance with minimum power."
Designing NPU (Neural Processing Unit) architectures at a low-power AI semiconductor startup constantly reminds me of a harsh truth:
When designing an NPU for low-power AI semiconductor edge devices, you often find yourself spending more time fighting the EDA tools than writing actual RTL.
When mapping a low-power AI semiconductor architecture onto an FPGA, one of the very first hurdles you encounter is 'Memory Design'.
Once the RTL coding is complete and functional verification (simulation) is completed, the design is now ready for implementation in the physical world (Physical…
In the previous part, we covered the port structure and basic concepts of SRAM. This time, we will look at ‘practical…