Grand Valley State University ScholarWorks@GVSU Masters Theses Graduate Research and Creative Practice 5-19-2017 Embedded processors on FPGA: Hard-core vs Soft-core Vivek J. Vazhoth Kanhiroth Grand Valley State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses Part of the Engineering Commons Recommended Citation Vazhoth Kanhiroth, Vivek J., "Embedded processors on FPGA: Hard-core vs Soft-core" (2017). Masters Theses. 845. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/theses/845 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Research and Creative Practice at ScholarWorks@GVSU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@GVSU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Embedded processors on FPGA: Hard-core vs Soft-core Vivek Jayakrishnan Vazhoth Kanhiroth A Thesis submitted to the Graduate Faculty of GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science in Electrical Engineering Padnos College of Engineering and Computing April 2017 DEDICATION To my parents Jayakrishnan and Jayalakshmi who are my biggest inspiration and to my mentor Rajesh without whose help I would never have come out of my shell. 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank my Thesis Advisor Dr. Chirag Parikh without whose patience, guidance and understanding I would not have finished this thesis. I would also like to thank my Thesis committee members Dr. Christian Trefftz and Dr. Azizur Rahman for their valuable inputs and feedback about my thesis. I am indebted to Dr. Shabbir Choudhuri for always being approachable and helping me on innumerable occasions over the last 3 years.