FPGAs can be programmed with hardware description languages such as VHDL or Verilog. Several vendors have created C to HDL languages that attempt to emulate the syntax and semantics of the C programming language, with which most programmers are familiar. The best known C to HDL languages are Mitrion-C, Impulse C, and Handel-C. Specific subsets of SystemC based on C++ can also be used for this purpose.
FPGAs can be progr,ammed with hardware description languages such as VHDL or Verilog. Several vendors have created C to HDL languages that attempt to emulate the syntax and semantics of the C programming language with which most programmers are familiar. The best known C to HDL languages are Mitrion-C Impulse C, and Handel-C. Specific subsets of SystemC based on C++ can also be used for this purpose.