Eliktronics FPGA Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio can help you include IP strategies that are devised only for your specific application, in cases where you are using a non-standard app and the code for it cannot be bought ready on the market. We may use cores that are owned and applied exclusively for your protocol, or use IP cores that are licensed for use by other parties. Eliktronics gives you the flexibility to use and resuse the core libraries within ASIC designs (application-specific integrated circuit) or in FPGA (field-programmable gate array) logic designs.

Functionality and performance verification of your hardware will be simplified and standardized by laying out your custom IP configuration. The IP core has been verified and tested in simulation to check the results of the output. The IP configuration is integrated into the overall software and/or hardware design.

Soft cores and hard cores

We integrate the soft core into the hardware (the FPGA), so in that sense the distinction between soft core and hard core is artificial.

The manufacturer of the FPGA can deliver chips for a specific function. Some areas in the chip are hard and cannot be programmed. Hard cores are IP cores that resist modification or redesign. They are fixed. As such, hard cores give better predictability about chip performance, but it may leave you dependent on your supplier. An example is a chip for high speed communication. Part of the chip is empty. We can use this area for communication. Because ASIC is partly programmed, this design can be copied and used for mass production.

The soft areas in the chip we can modify and program to the needs of your application. Using the FPGA is more expensive, as it can be reprogrammed. This makes it unfit for use in mass production.

It goes without saying that we give you support for your chip engineering. Where soft IP gives you some flexibility to your design, we can also offer you protection against reverse engineering.