This book collects the best practices FPGA-based Prototyping of SoC and ASIC devices into one place for the first time, drawing upon not only the authors’ own knowledge but also from leading practitioners worldwide in order to present a snapshot of best practices today.

The book is organized into chapters which appear in the same order as the tasks and decisions which are performed during an FPGA-based prototyping project. The authors introduce an approach called Design-for-Prototyping and advocate the adoption of FPGA-based Prototyping from the beginning of any SoC project in order to improve results and better validate embedded software.