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In a recent customer meeting they described how they used FPGA-Based prototyping and explained the two use models. It was an interesting exchange which I thought would also benefit the blog readers. The two use modes were described as “real time” and “functional” prototyping.

In reverse order, functional prototyping is what I think of as traditional prototyping. The clocks are scaled but still the highest performance model of the SoC with the goal of early software development and ensuring the hardware is validated against the software. HW/SW integration and System Validation are all possible with the FPGA-based prototype.