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    Evaluation of Multi-Bit Input Logic Blocks in RTL-Designed FPGA Architecture: A Framework for FPGA and ASIC Integration
    (2025-01-01)
    Sato, Tomoaki
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    Murakami, Anyu
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    This paper explores the evaluation and optimization of multi-bit input logic blocks (LBs) within RTL-designed FPGA architectures. Traditional FPGA designs face limitations in power consumption, delay, and area due to the constraints of reconfigurable circuits. The proposed architecture leverages RTL-level design capabilities to address these challenges and enables the co-design of FPGAs and ASICs. The authors evaluate the performance of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit input LBs in terms of delay, area, and synthesis feasibility. The results demonstrate that 8-bit input LBs achieve a delay of 0.68 ns with an area of 2202.48 μm<sup>2</sup>, outperforming multi-stage smaller LBs. Although 16-bit input LBs show potential for delay reduction, their synthesis demands significant time and results in a large area footprint, rendering them impractical. Synthesis of 32-bit input LBs was not feasible due to current tool limitations. These findings highlight the effectiveness of 8-bit input LBs for pattern matching tasks and emphasize the importance of application-specific optimization. The fixed routing feature of RTL-designed FPGAs facilitates the development of efficient, customizable designs tailored to specific workloads. This work contributes to the advancement of FPGA architectures, offering insights for future research on larger input LBs and their integration into high-performance applications.
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    Application-Optimized FPGAs Design Using RTL-Designed FPGAs Architectures
    (2025-01-01)
    Sato, Tomoaki
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    Murakami, Anyu
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    RTL-Designed Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) can describe FPGA functionality using Hardware Description Languages (HDLs), which means they can be easily customized to configure the FPGA. In conventional FPGAs, switches are used for routing control, making it impossible to design them using HDLs. This study leverages the customizable nature of RTL-Designed FPGAs to explore the optimal configuration of FPGAs for packet processing in computer networks. It demonstrates that a 4-input Look-Up Table (LUT) is superior to a 3-input LUT in terms of throughput and reveals that, as the number of LUT inputs increases, having 5 routing paths is more optimal than 4.
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    Amplitude Stabilization of Frequency-Tunable Biquad Digital Oscillator Using Zero-Input Response Analysis
    (2025-01-01) ;
    Suwannawach, Piyapan
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    Sato, Tomoaki
    This paper presents an analysis of the biquad digital oscillator, which leads to design improvements in the online oscillating frequency adjustment capabilities. The requirements for signal generation in a digital oscillator without input comprise the initial conditions as well as the coefficients, which are constants. The coefficient of biquad oscillator can be modified to be a tuning parameter for changing the oscillating frequency by the users. Although the frequency of the oscillating signal can be changed as desired, however, while the system is operating, the inconsistency of the changed coefficient with the initial conditions that emerge from the retained prior states causes the signal amplitude to lose its stability. The zero-input response of a system could be theoretically examined to identify and understand this behavior. Moreover, the issue of amplitude stabilization can be looked into and resolved with the use of the zero-input response analysis develop to an improvement, which results in maintaining the amplitude of the oscillating signal after the frequency change.