L470 Tech, ECE Department , Northwestern University FPGAs are devices that can be programmed and reprogrammed to implement complex digital logic. These devices enable radically faster, lower power, and lower cost solutions to problems in logic simulation, digital signal processing, and general-purpose computing. Researchers in the University of Washington's ACME Lab investigate the potential of FPGAs in multiple domains. These efforts are made possible by more than a half millions dollars annually via grants, contracts, and donations from the following sources. The PCs host adaptive computing systems from Annapolis and Xilinx.
Researchers also have access to significant computing resources within the EE department.