fpga

Building a CPU in Verilog 1 Introduction Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are complex re-configurable devices which can be programmed to implement certain application or functionality requirements via the use of digital circuits - their nature makes them very appealing for various markets, as they can be adapted to support different roles by simply being reprogrammed (Xilinx, n.d. (a)). In the context of embedded systems, Nakano and Ito (2008) state that it is important to write efficient programs which are responsible for controlling the system, yet students often only understand high-level languages from the context of programs, where they may lack the knowledge of how a formula is evaluated or how advanced programming features such as pointers and stacks work on a hardware level....