Dave Brady
Mentor Graphics

Any design project that leverages field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to implement system designs has the opportunity to: reduce total design cycle time by as much as fifty percent; minimize printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing costs; and optimize product profit margin. This white paper documents the impact on business of decisions made during the design of FPGA-PCB interfaces, from the assignment of PCB signals, to the implementation of FPGA package pins, to the designs' effect on product profit margin.