Mva nje ukuyilwa kwe Umbutho omtsha ongajonganga kwenza nzuzo ogama lingu "Umthombo ovulekileyo we-FPGA Foundation" (OSFPGA) oko ikukuthi ejolise kuphuhliso, ukukhuthaza kunye nokudala yendalo esingqongileyo yophuhliso ngokudibeneyo yezixhobo ezivulekileyo zekhompyuter kunye nesoftware enxulunyaniswa nokusetyenziswa kwelogic ecwangcisiweyo edityaniswe kwiisekethe ze-FPGA (i-Field Programmable Gate Array), evumela umsebenzi wokuhlengahlengiswa kwakhona emva kokuveliswa kwe-chip.
Umsebenzi ophambili wokubini (KUNYE, NAND, OKANYE, NO, kunye XOR) kwezi chips zenziwe kusetyenziswa amasango enengqondo (iitshintshi) ezinegalelo elininzi kunye nesiphumo esinye, ukumiliselwa konxibelelwano phakathi olunokuthi lutshintshwe yisoftware.
Malunga neSiseko esivulekileyo se-FPGA Foundation
Phakathi kwabasunguli yombutho we-OSFPGA ngabaphengululi abaziwayo inxulumene ne-FPGA, emele iinkampani kunye neeprojekthi ezinje I-EPFL, i-QuickLogic, iZero ASIC kunye neQela le-GSG.
Ngaphantsi kwephiko lombutho omtsha, Iseti yezixhobo ezikhululekileyo nezinezixhobo ezivulekileyo ziya kuphuhliswa ukwenza prototyping ngokukhawuleza ngokusekwe kwiichipsi ze-FPGA kunye nenkxaso yezixhobo zoyilo ze-elektroniki (EDA). Umbutho uya kujongana nophuhliso lwentsebenziswano yemigangatho evulekileyo enxulumene nee-FPGAs, ukubonelela ngeqonga elingathathi hlangothi kwiinkampani zokwabelana ngobuchule kunye netekhnoloji.
Kulindelwe ukuba enkosi kwimisebenzi ye-OSFPGA, abenzi beentsimbi banako ukuntywila kwiinkqubo zobunjineli kwimveliso ye-FPGA, Abaphuhlisi bezisombululo baya kufumana ukulungela ukusebenzisa isitaki sesoftware esinokuqwalaselwa kwii-FPGAs kwaye iya kusebenza kunye ukwenza uyilo lomgangatho omtsha.
Kukwaqatshelwa ukuba izixhobo zomthombo ezivulekileyo ze-OSFPGA ziya kugcina amanqanaba aphezulu omgangatho ohlangabezana okanye ogqithile kwimigangatho yoshishino.
"Umthombo ovulekileyo we-FPGA Foundation uzakusebenzela ukwandisa ukubonwa kwezinto ezintsha ze-FPGA kwihlabathi liphela, utshilo uGqirha Naveed Sherwani, uSihlalo we-Open Source FPGA Foundation. “Kukho ibango elomeleleyo kakhulu loyilo oluguquguqukayo, izixhobo kunye neendlela zomthombo ovulekileyo eziya kuthi zenze ukuba izinto zibe nkulu ngakumbi kwindawo yoyilo ye-FPGA. Sibulela onke amahlakani ethu ngenkxaso yawo emandla ekusungulweni kwethu kwaye sijonge phambili ekusebenzeni namalungu ethu ekuqhubeni inkululeko yedemokhrasi eyiyo ye-FPGA.
Iinjongo eziphambili Umthombo ovulekileyo we-FPGA Foundation zezi:
- Ukubanakho ukubonelela ngezixhobo kunye neziseko zophuhliso ukulungiselela iseti yezixhobo ezinxulumene nezixhobo ze-FPGA kunye nesoftware.
- Khuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwezi zixhobo ngeziganeko ezahlukeneyo.
- Ukubonelela ngenkxaso, uphuhliso kunye nokuvuleka kwezixhobo zokuphanda uyilo oluphambili lwe-FPGA, kunye nesoftware enxulumene noko kunye nophuhliso lwezixhobo.
- Gcina ikhathalogu yoyilo lwe-FPGA esidlangalaleni, itekhnoloji yoyilo, kunye noyilo lwebhodi olusuka kupapasho lwelungelo elilodwa lomenzi kunye neenkcazo.
- Lungiselela kwaye unikeze ukufikelela kwizixhobo zoqeqesho ezinceda ukwakha uluntu lwabaphuhlisi abanomdla.
- Yenza lula unxibelelwano kunye nabavelisi be-chip ukunciphisa iindleko kunye nexesha lokuvavanywa kunye nokuqinisekisa izixhobo ze-FPGA kunye nolwakhiwo.
Umthombo ovulekileyo we-FPGA Foundation namhlanje ubhengeza ukuyilwa kwayo njengombutho ongenzi nzuzo ugxile ekukhawuleziseni ulwazi lwehlabathi kunye nokwamkelwa ngokubanzi kwetekhnoloji ye-FPGA yomthombo ovulekileyo. Isiseko se-OSFPGA siza kusebenza kwidemokhrasi kwaye sikhuthaze itekhnoloji ye-FPGA ngokubonelela ngendawo evulekileyo, egxile kubasebenzisi, ebandakanyayo kunye nentsebenziswano.
Itekhnoloji yomthombo ovulekileyo iya kudlala icandelo elibalulekileyo kumashishini e-FPGA kwaye incede ekunyuseni amandla eshishini liphela ngokwabelana ngezinto ezintsha kunye neendlela ezilungileyo. Isiseko se-OSFPGA siza kuqinisekisa ukuba izixhobo zikowona mgangatho uphezulu, ziyahlangabezana kwaye zigqithile kwimigangatho yemizi-mveliso, kwaye ziyimithombo evulekileyo ngokupheleleyo.
Gqibela ukuba unomdla wokwazi okungakumbi ngayo malunga nesi Siseko seFPGA soMthombo ovulekileyo, ungajonga yonke into malunga nayo kwiwebhusayithi esemthethweni onokuyindwendwela eli khonkco lilandelayo.