AdvancedFPGADesign-Architecture,Onethingtonoteaboutthisbookisthatitwillnotflowfromcovertocoverlikeanovel.Forasetofadvancedtopicsthatarenotintrinsicallytiedtooneanother,thistypeofflowisimpossiblewithoutblatantlyfillingitwithfluff.Instead,toorganizethisbook,Ihaveorderedthechaptersinsuchawaythattheyfollowatypicaldesignflow.Thefirstchaptersdiscussarchitecture,thensimulation,thensynthesis,thenfloorplanning,andsoon.ThisisillustratedintheFlowchartofContentsprovidedatthebeginningofthebook.Toprovidexiiiaccessibilityforfuturereference,thechaptersarelistedside-by-sidewiththerelevantblockintheflowdiagram.
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