Circuit underutilizationCircuit underutilization also chip underutilization, programmable circuit underutilization, gate underutilization, logic block underutilization refers to a physical incomplete utility of semiconductor grade silicon on a standardized mass-produced circuit programmable chip, such as a gate array type ASIC, an FPGA, or a CPLD. In the example of a gate array, which may come in sizes of 5,000 or 10,000 gates, a design which utilizes even 5,001 gates would be required to use a 10,000 gate chip.
Complex programmable logic deviceA complex programmable logic device (CPLD) is a programmable logic device with complexity between that of PALs and FPGAs, and architectural features of both. The main building block of the CPLD is a macrocell, which contains logic implementing disjunctive normal form expressions and more specialized logic operations. Some of the CPLD features are in common with PALs: Non-volatile configuration memory. Unlike many FPGAs, an external configuration ROM isn't required, and the CPLD can function immediately on system start-up.
Circuit intégré à signaux mixtesA mixed-signal integrated circuit is any integrated circuit that has both analog circuits and digital circuits on a single semiconductor die. Their usage has grown dramatically with the increased use of cell phones, telecommunications, portable electronics, and automobiles with electronics and digital sensors. Integrated circuits (ICs) are generally classified as digital (e.g. a microprocessor) or analog (e.g. an operational amplifier). Mixed-signal ICs contain both digital and analog circuitry on the same chip, and sometimes embedded software.
Transistor countThe transistor count is the number of transistors in an electronic device (typically on a single substrate or "chip"). It is the most common measure of integrated circuit complexity (although the majority of transistors in modern microprocessors are contained in the cache memories, which consist mostly of the same memory cell circuits replicated many times). The rate at which MOS transistor counts have increased generally follows Moore's law, which observed that the transistor count doubles approximately every two years.
Open-source-software movementThe open-source-software movement is a movement that supports the use of open-source licenses for some or all software, as part of the broader notion of open collaboration. The open-source movement was started to spread the concept/idea of open-source software. Programmers who support the open-source-movement philosophy contribute to the open-source community by voluntarily writing and exchanging programming code for software development.
Placement-routageEn électronique, le placement-routage est le processus lors duquel les différentes parties d'un circuit électronique ou d'un circuit intégré sont automatiquement positionnées et connectées. Le problème algorithmique associé à la tâche de placement-routage est un problème d'optimisation considéré comme difficile au sens de la théorie de la complexité. Il nécessite des techniques métaheuristiques comme les algorithmes génétiques ou le recuit simulé. Les temps de calcul sont donc souvent très élevés au vu du nombre d'éléments à considérer.
Open Source DefinitionL'Open Source Definition (« définition de lopen source ») détermine les conditions nécessaires pour qu'une licence soit considérée comme open source aux yeux de l'Open Source Initiative. Elle est publiée sur le site de l'OSI avec une liste de licences approuvées''. La définition est reprise du texte des principes du logiciel libre selon Debian, écrits et adaptés principalement par Bruce Perens avec des contributions des développeurs de Debian. Le document est créé 9 mois avant la création de l'Open Source Initiative.
Open-source software developmentOpen-source software development (OSSD) is the process by which open-source software, or similar software whose source code is publicly available, is developed by an open-source software project. These are software products available with its source code under an open-source license to study, change, and improve its design. Examples of some popular open-source software products are Mozilla Firefox, Google Chromium, Android, LibreOffice and the VLC media player. In 1997, Eric S. Raymond wrote The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
Reconfigurable computingReconfigurable computing is a computer architecture combining some of the flexibility of software with the high performance of hardware by processing with very flexible high speed computing fabrics like field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The principal difference when compared to using ordinary microprocessors is the ability to make substantial changes to the datapath itself in addition to the control flow. On the other hand, the main difference from custom hardware, i.e.
Architecture matériellevignette|Architecture matérielle d'un processeur Intel Core2. vignette|Architecture matérielle d'un Cyclops64 (BlueGene/C). L’architecture matérielle décrit l’agencement interne de composants électroniques ainsi que leurs interactions. Le terme interne employé ici permet de bien faire la différence avec l’architecture (externe) de processeur (ou architecture de jeu d'instruction), qui s'intéresse à la spécification fonctionnelle d'un processeur, du point de vue du programmeur en langage machine.
