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Upgrading FPGAs has traditionally been a matter of making minor code adjustments and resolving some timing differences. Times have changed, as Rachael Peterson from Concurrent Technologies explains in the latest issue of the FPGA Horizons Journal.   We’ve moved to a legacy era, where the gap between older FPGAs and modern devices is simply too wide. Toolchains have evolved, for example, and integration complexity has increased. Expectations have also changed. FPGAs are now tasked with managing CPU‑centric boot sequencing, handling lower‑voltage I/O, integrating soft‑core processing, and supporting more complex memory and AXI‑based subsystems.   As a result, maintaining the status quo adds more and more difficulties and technical debt, while migrating unlocks scalability, better debug capability, and a far more flexible architecture for future designs.   Discover how and why by reading Rachael Peterson’s article in the latest issue of the FPGA Horizons Journal at https://lnkd.in/ejaXr9sB #FPGAHorizons #FPGA #FPGADesign #EmbeddedSystems #Semiconductors #Toolchains