Hackaday

An FPGA-Based Mechanical Keyboard

You can buy all kinds of keyboards these days, from basic big-brand stuff to obscure mechanical delicacies from small-time builders. Or, you can go the maker route, and build your own. That’s ...
Forbes

From Mars To Retro Gaming: 40 Years In And FPGAs Continue To Blaze A Trail

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marco Chiappetta is a technologist who covers semiconductors and AI. AMD is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Field ...
Liliputing

Icepi Zero is an open source FPGA board in a Raspberry Pi Zero-sized form factor (crowdfunding)

Nearly a decade ago, Raspberry Pi showed that it’s possible to cram a fully functional computer into a tiny package that’s about the size of a stick of chewing gum or about the size of a USB flash ...
Ars Technica

New FPGA-powered retro console re-creates the PlayStation, CD-ROM drive optional

Retro game enthusiasts may already be acquainted with Analogue, a company that designs and manufactures updated versions of classic consoles that can play original games but also be hooked up to ...
Hackaday

Cheap FPGA PCIe Development

Typically, if you want to build an FPGA project inside a PC, you’d need a fairly expensive development board that plugs into the bus. However, [CircuitValley] found some IBM RS-485 boards that are ...
Android Authority

FPGA vs software emulation for retro gaming: We've tested both and here are the big differences

When it comes to retro gaming, it can be hard to get your hands on original hardware. Even if you can, most retro consoles don’t jive with modern televisions, so the experience will be noticeably ...
The Next Platform

Altera Is Being Realistic About FPGA Compute In The Datacenter

Like many a decade ago, we were enthusiastic about the prospect of triple-hybrid systems in the datacenter. We were convinced that there was a place for CPUs, for GPUs, and for FPGAs in complex and ...
CRN

Exclusive: Altera CEO Says Intel’s IPO Plan For FPGA Unit ‘Has Not Changed’

Altera CEO Sandra Rivera denies a report that Intel is planning to outright sell its programmable chip business. ‘We are executing to the plan, which is not a sale of Altera, but rather it is selling ...
Electronic Design

Adaptive SoC Delivers Single-Chip Automotive Solution

How AMD’s Versal Gen 2 delivers a 10X performance boost. Why safety-certified FPGA SoCs are needed for automotive applications. What types of artificial-intelligence acceleration are provided by ...
The Next Platform

The Once And Future FPGA Maker Altera

Back in 2015, when we were launching The Next Platform, a lot of stuff was going on all at the same time, which is part of the zeitgeist that we were tapping into and that we wanted to chronical upon ...
CRN

Intel Revives Altera Name For Stand-Alone FPGA Company

Two months after Intel spun off the Programmable Solutions Group into a stand-alone FPGA company, it reveals it’s taking its original Altera name and chasing a market opportunity exceeding $55 billion ...