Using Microchip PolarFire® FPGAs in Low Power Applications

Microchip PolarFire® FPGAs offer the industry’s lowest-power FPGA fabric. (June 2021)

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About this course

Microchip PolarFire® FPGAs offer the industry’s lowest-power FPGA fabric and 12.7G transceivers and the smallest footprint packaging at mid-range FPGA densities, enabling high performance in small, power-constrained applications.  This class will include an overview of the PolarFire® FPGA family, describe how to estimate and verify the power consumption of a design and introduce techniques to reduce power consumption. Following the lecture, the instructor will demonstrate how to use the power estimation tools to estimate the power requirements of a low power transceiver design using the Microchip power analysis tools, and measure the power on a Microchip development kit.

Curriculum58 min

  • Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Introduction to this class 1 min
  • Importance of Low Power 4 min
  • Overview
  • PolarFire® Overview 7 min
  • Estimating Power Consumption 3 min
  • Tool Demo
  • Demo Design Overview 3 min
  • Power Estimator 14 min
  • SmartPower in Libero SoC 9 min
  • PowerMonitor GUI and Demo 4 min
  • Power Demo Results 4 min
  • Power Reduction Techniques
  • Power Reduction Techniques 8 min
  • Summary
  • Summary 1 min
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About this course

Microchip PolarFire® FPGAs offer the industry’s lowest-power FPGA fabric and 12.7G transceivers and the smallest footprint packaging at mid-range FPGA densities, enabling high performance in small, power-constrained applications.  This class will include an overview of the PolarFire® FPGA family, describe how to estimate and verify the power consumption of a design and introduce techniques to reduce power consumption. Following the lecture, the instructor will demonstrate how to use the power estimation tools to estimate the power requirements of a low power transceiver design using the Microchip power analysis tools, and measure the power on a Microchip development kit.

Curriculum58 min

  • Syllabus
  • Introduction
  • Introduction to this class 1 min
  • Importance of Low Power 4 min
  • Overview
  • PolarFire® Overview 7 min
  • Estimating Power Consumption 3 min
  • Tool Demo
  • Demo Design Overview 3 min
  • Power Estimator 14 min
  • SmartPower in Libero SoC 9 min
  • PowerMonitor GUI and Demo 4 min
  • Power Demo Results 4 min
  • Power Reduction Techniques
  • Power Reduction Techniques 8 min
  • Summary
  • Summary 1 min
  • Your Feedback
  • We need your Feedback