High-Level Implementation of Bit- and Cycle-Accurate Floating-Point DSP Algorithms with Xilinx FPGAs

Floating-point arithmetic, long the realm of general-purpose CPUs, DSPs, and graphics processing units (GPUs) is seeing growing use in FPGAs. This trend is driven by a host of new applications in medical  imaging, wireless, and defense that require large dynamic range as well as by a strong need to simplify the design process.