NorthBridge quick start
Copyright Northbridge Technology Inc. 2009
expertise
Planning and Architecture
· Design Specification
· Test Specification
· Feasibility Studies
· Design Reviews
· Technology selection
Design
· Turnkey Designs
· Module Blocks
· IP Selection / Integration / Modification
· TestBench Design
· Embedded Processor Integration
· Custom DSP Algorithms
Analysis Optimization
· Functional and Timing Simulation
· Performance Optimization
· Floorplanning
Implemtentation
· Verification
· Porting to the hardware
· Physical Debug, Test and support
NorthBridge Technology has over 120 man years of FPGA design experience, distributed across
numerous sectors of the electronics industry. Our engineers have successfully completed over 1100
different FPGA design with over 400 customers. We have been involved with FPGAs since their
inception and have been actively involved in every step along the way.
In short, we understand the technology, the strengths and the limitations. We infuse our designs
with this expertise, and this enables us to deliver to you, our customers, the best solution for your
requirements.
capabilities
Languages
· VHDL
· Verilog
· System Verilog
· System C
Synthesis Tools
· Synplify
· Precision
· All major FPGA Vendor Toolsets
Simulation Tools
· Modelsim
· Active HDL
Place and Route
· All major FPGA Vendor Toolsets
technology partners
PCI
· PCIe
· 32/33, 64/66 64,128 PCI
· PCI-X
· CPCI,
· PC104+
Video
· Image Manipulation/Resampling
· DVI
· SDI/HSDI
· CCIR656
· VGA/XVGA/LCD Drivers
Interfaces
· 10/100/1G/10G Ethernet
· PCIe
· Sonet
· POS PHY/SPI 4.2
· ATM
· Utopia
· FireWire
· SATA I/II
· USB
DSP
· Error Correction Algorithms
· FEC
· Custom Algorithms
Security
· 3DES encode/decode
· AES encode/decode
DVB
· J83A/J83B (DOCSIS)
· DVB-T
· Custom