• Compare Soft IP, Custom Hard IP, and Automated Hard IP approaches to understand the trade-offs in performance, engineering effort, implementation risk, and time to market.
• Learn how different eFPGA delivery models impact SoC design schedules, timing closure, verification, and overall development costs.
• Discover how automated hard-IP generation can simplify integration, shorten implementation cycles, and help engineering teams achieve predictable performance with lower project risk.

White Paper Overview

Choosing the right embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP can have a lasting impact on your SoC design, influencing development time, implementation risk, performance, and total cost of ownership. This white paper explores the three primary eFPGA implementation approaches—Soft IP, Custom Hard IP, and Automated Hard IP—and examines the trade-offs between portability, performance, engineering effort, schedule, and flexibility. Learn how different eFPGA delivery models affect SoC development and discover how an automated hard-IP approach can help reduce implementation complexity, accelerate time to market, and simplify future design modifications. Whether you’re evaluating eFPGA for a new design or reassessing your current implementation strategy, this guide provides practical insights to help you make an informed architectural decision.

• Three major approaches exist for eFPGA IP
• Soft IP offers portability but shifts implementation risk to the SoC team
• Custom-cell hard IP can optimize PPA but requires significant development effort
• QuickLogic’s Australis flow provides hardened eFPGA IP with faster turnaround