• The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.99-105
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• 2013

The FPGA-based emulation is an essential step in ASIC design for validation. For emulation with maximal frequency, it is crucial to understand the FPGA characteristics. This paper attempts to analyze the performance characteristics of the modern FPGAs from renowned vendors, Xilinx and Altera, with a case study utilizing various adders and MIPS CPU. Unlike the common wisdom, ripple-carry adder (RCA) does not utilize the inherent carry-chain inside FPGAs when structurally designed based on 1-bit adders. Thus, the RCA shows the inferior performance to the other types of adders in FPGAs. Our study also reveals that FPGAs from Xilinx exhibit different characteristics from the ones from Altera. That is, the prefix adder, which is optimized for speed in ASIC design, shows the poor performance on Xilinx devices, whereas it provides a comparable speed to the IP core on Altera devices. It suggests that error-prone manual change of the original design can be avoided on Altera devices if area is permitted. Experiments with MIPS CPU confirm the arguments.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.19 no.2 s.86
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• pp.138-146
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• 2004

시스템 연결에 사용되는 프로토콜이 고속, 직렬화 됨에 따라 CDR이 내장된 SERDES 칩의 사용이 늘어나고 있다. 이에 Xilinx 나 Altera 사 등 FPGA 업체들이 SERDES를 FPGA 내장시킨 제품을 출시하기 시작하였다. 이러한 SERDES 임베디드 FPGA는 PCB 설계의 단순화와 신호무결성의 큰 이점이 있다. 본 고에서는 Altera 사의 SERDES 임베디드 FPGA, Stratix-GX 디바이스의 기가비트 트랜시버 ALTGXB 블록의 테스트에 관해 살펴본다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.670-673
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• 2008

Optimized algorithms and numerical expressions which had been verified through C program simulation, should be analyzed again with HDL (hardware description language) such as Verilog, so that the verified ones could be modified to be applied directly to hardware implementation. The reason is that the characteristics of C programming language design is intrinsically different from the hardware design structure. The hardware IP verified doubly in view of hardware structure together with algorithmic verification, was implemented on the Altera Excalibur FPGA device equipped with ARM9 microprocessor core, to a real chip prototype, using Altera embedded system development tool kit. The implemented finite field calculation IPs can be used as library modules as Elliptic Curve Cryptography finite field operations which has more than 193 bit key length.

• Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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• v.8 no.6
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• pp.717-726
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• 2002

In this study, we analyze hardware implementation schemes of the ARS(Advanced Encryption Standard-128) algorithm that has recently been selected as the standard cypher algorithm by NIST(National Institute of Standards and Technology) . The implementation schemes include the basic architecture, loop unrolling, inner-round pipelining, outer-round pipelining and resource sharing of the S-box. We used MaxPlus2 9.64 for VHDL design and simulations and FLEX10KE-family FPGAs produced by Altera Corp. for implementations. According to the results, the four-stage inner-round pipelining scheme shows the best performance vs. cost ratio, whereas the loop unrolling scheme shows the worst.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.362-367
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• 2010

In this paper, we describe implementation of FPGA-based Nios II embedded processor system and linux device driver for image monitoring system which is supplement weakness for fixed surveillance area of existing CCTV system and by manual operation of the camera's moving. Altera Nios II processor 8.0 is supported MMU which is stable and efficient managed memory. We designed the image monitoring and control system by using Altera Nios II soft-core processor system which is flexible in various application and excellent adaptability. By implementation of camera device driver and VGA decvice driver for Linux-based Nios II system, we implemented image serveillance system for Nios II embedded processor system.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.293-298
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• 2009

In this contribution, a 193-bit elliptic curve cryptography coprocessor was implemented on an FPGA board. Optimized algorithms and numerical expressions which had been verified through C program simulation, should be analyzed again with HDL (hardware description language) such as Verilog, so that the verified ones could be modified to be applied directly to hardware implementation. The reason is that the characteristics of C programming language design is intrinsically different from the hardware design structure. The hardware IP which was double-checked in view of hardware structure together with algoritunic verification, was implemented on the Altera CycloneII FPGA device equipped with ARM9 microprocessor core, to a real chip prototype, using Altera embedded system development tool kit. The implemented finite field calculation IPs can be used as library modules as Elliptic Curve Cryptography finite field operations which has more than 193 bit key length.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.907-910
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• 2003

We have developed Logic Design Training Kit for studying, actual training, designing of FPGA(Xillinx) or CPLD(ALTERA CPLD), the Digital Logic Device. This training kit has 12 matrix keys, RS232 port for serial communication and uses LED array. six FND(Dynamic), LCD as display part. That is standard specification for digital logic training kit. Special point of this kit is that we make two logic device trainig kit. This two logic device kit have more smaller and simple architecture because only uses one chip. That chip already includes a lot of functions that need for training kit, such as : complex logic circuit needed the two kind of logic devices, 16 way of system clock deviding function, serial communication interrupt....etc. We called that one chip is Center Bridge Chipset ; Xillinx FPGA Spartan2. User can select between using one device of FPGA or CPLD, or uses both them. Because of, Center Bridge Chipset has profitable architecture. it can work as Logic Device's networking with Master-Slave connection When using both logic devices.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.862-864
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• 2002

정보 보안을 위한 암호화 처리는 각종 컴퓨터 시스템이나 통신시스템에서 부가적으로 수행되기 때문에암호화 속도가 느린 경우에는 시스템의 속도 지연을 유발시키게 된다. 따라서 고속의 컴퓨터 연산이나 고속통신에 있어서 이에 맞는 고속의 암호화는 필수적으로 해결되어야 할 과제인데, 이것은 암호화 및 복호화를 하드웨어로 처리함으로서 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 차세대 표준 암호화 알고리즘인 AES-128의 암호화와 복호화를 단일 ASIC칩에 구현하고, 인터페이스 핀의 수와 내부 모듈간의 버스 폭에 따른 칩의 효율성을 평가하였다. 이 연구에서 VHDL 설계 및 시뮬레이션은 Altera 사의 MaxPlus 29.64를 이용하였으며, ASIC 칩은 Altera 사의 FLEXIOK 계열의 칩을 사용하였다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2001.06e
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• pp.181-184
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• 2001

This paper has been studied driving circuits in electrical valves. Also in this paper, opto-couplers of driving circuit are replaced with digital one chip of Altera company. Designs in order to realization of one chip are carried out with Altera Max Plus II. For compact size and light weight, the realization with one chip is necessary in the electrical valves. This paper has designed and presented the digital schemetic circuits, finally the driving circuits are sucessfully operated with the designed chip and showed the saving of area in the driving circuits of electric valves.

• 정보화사회
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• s.183
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• pp.66-68
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• 2006