Chapter 1

Introduction

This chapter introduces the Xilinx FPGA device families, provides an overview of the FPGA design process, and details the Xilinx Development System documentation collection. The chapter contains the following sections.

• “Xilinx Field Programmable Gate Arrays”
  
  
• “FPGA Architecture”
  
  
• “Design Flow Overview”
  
  
• “Xilinx Development System Documentation”