Muva nje ukwakheka kwe inhlangano entsha engenzi nzuzo eqanjwe "I-Open-Source FPGA Foundation" (OSFPGA) okusho ukuthi okuqondiswe entuthukweni, ukukhushulwa kanye nokudalwa sendawo yentuthuko ehlangene yezixazululo ezivulekile zehadiwe kanye nesoftware okuhambisana nokusetshenziswa komqondo ohleliwe ohlanganiswe kumasekethe we-FPGA (i-Field Programmable Gate Array), evumela umsebenzi wokuhleleka kabusha komqondo ngemuva kokuthi i-chip yenziwe.
Imisebenzi eyinhloko kanambambili (NO, NAND, OR, NOR, kanye ne-XOR) kuma-chips anjalo kusetshenziswa kusetshenziswa amasango enengqondo (amaswishi) anokufaka okuningi nokukhipha okukodwa, ukumiswa kokuxhuma phakathi okungashintshwa yi-software.
Mayelana ne-Open-Source FPGA Foundation
Phakathi kwabasunguli wenhlangano ye-OSFPGA bangabanye babacwaningi abavelele ehlobene ne-FPGA, emele izinkampani namaphrojekthi afana ne- I-EPFL, i-QuickLogic, iZero ASIC ne-GSG Group.
Ngaphansi kwesandla senhlangano entsha, iqoqo lamathuluzi omthombo wamahhala futhi avulekile azothuthukiselwa ukwenza prototyping okusheshayo ngokusekelwe kuma-chips e-FPGA nokusekelwa kwamathuluzi we-electronic design automation (EDA). Inhlangano izophinde futhi yengamele ukuthuthukiswa kokubambisana kwamazinga avulekile ahlobene ne-FPGA, inikeze inkundla engathathi hlangothi ezinkampanini zokwabelana ngobuchwepheshe nobuchwepheshe.
Kulindelekile ukuthi sibonga imisebenzi ye-OSFPGA, abenzi be-chipb bangafaka ezinye zezinqubo zobunjiniyela ekukhiqizeni i-FPGAAbathuthukisi bezixazululo zokuphela bazothola isitaki sesoftware esilungele ukusetshenziswa se-FPGAs futhi sizosebenzisana ukudala izakhiwo ezintsha zekhwalithi.
Kuyaziwa futhi ukuthi amathuluzi womthombo ovulekile we-OSFPGA azogcina amazinga aphezulu ekhwalithi ahlangabezana noma adlule amazinga embonini.
"I-Open Source FPGA Foundation izosiza ekuthuthukiseni ububanzi bezinto ezintsha ze-FPGAs emhlabeni jikelele," kusho uDkt. Naveed Sherwani, onguSihlalo-ndawonye we-Open Source FPGA Foundation. “Kunesidingo esinamandla kakhulu semiklamo eguquguqukayo, amathuluzi kanye nendlela yemithombo evulekile ezosiza ukuqamba okukhulu kakhulu esikhaleni sokuklama se-FPGA. Sibonga bonke esibambisene nabo ngokusisekela kwabo okuqinile kokwethulwa kwethu futhi sibheke phambili ekusebenzisaneni namalungu ethu ukuqinisa intando yeningi yangempela kubuchwepheshe be-FPGA. "
Izinhloso eziyinhloko kwe-Open Source FPGA Foundation yile:
- Ukukwazi ukuhlinzeka ngezinsizakusebenza nengqalasizinda ukusungula isethi yamathuluzi ahlobene ne-FPGA hardware ne-software.
- Khuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwalawa mathuluzi ngemicimbi eyahlukahlukene.
- Nikeza ukwesekwa, ukuthuthukiswa kanye nokuvuleleka kwamathuluzi okuphenya ngokwakhiwa kwe-FPGA okuthuthukile, kanye nentuthuko ehambisanayo yesoftware neyehadiwe.
- Gcina ikhathalogu yezakhiwo ze-FPGA ezitholakala esidlangalaleni, ubuchwepheshe bokuqamba kanye nemiklamo yebhodi etholakala kokushicilelwe kanye nezincazelo zamalungelo obunikazi aphelelwe yisikhathi.
- Lungiselela futhi unikeze ukufinyelela ezintweni zokuqeqesha ezisiza ukwakha umphakathi wabathuthukisi abanentshisekelo.
- Yenza lula ukuxhumana nabakhiqizi be-chip ukunciphisa izindleko nesikhathi sokuhlolwa nokuqinisekiswa kwehadiwe entsha ye-FPGA nezakhiwo.
I-Open Source FPGA Foundation namuhla imemezela ukwakheka kwayo njengenhlangano engenzi nzuzo egxile ekusheshiseni ukuqwashisa umhlaba wonke nokwamukelwa kabanzi kobuchwepheshe bemithombo evulekile ye-FPGA. I-OSFPGA Foundation izosebenzela ukwenza intando yeningi futhi ithuthukise ubuchwepheshe be-FPGA ngokunikela ngemvelo evulekile, egxile kubasebenzisi, ebandakanya bonke futhi ebambisanayo.
Ubuchwepheshe bemithombo evulekile buzodlala ingxenye ebucayi yamabhizinisi e-FPGA futhi busize ukukhuphula amandla embonini yonke ngokwabelana ngakho konke ukuqamba kanye nokwenza okuhle. I-OSFPGA Foundation izoqinisekisa ukuthi amathuluzi asezingeni eliphakeme kakhulu, ahlangabezana futhi adlule amazinga embonini, futhi angumthombo ovulekile ngokuphelele.
Okokugcina uma unesifiso sokwazi okwengeziwe ngakho ngalokhu i-Open-Source FPGA Foundation, ungabonisana nakho konke ngakho kuwebhusayithi yayo esemthethweni ongavakashela kuyo isixhumanisi esilandelayo.