FPGA Services

Modern FPGA-based systems play a critical role in products where performance, flexibility, and time-to-market are decisive. As designs scale in complexity, engineering teams often face challenges around architecture definition, platform selection, tool flows, and access to experienced FPGA specialists. If not addressed early, these challenges can introduce integration risk, extend schedules, and increase overall development cost.

Alpinum provides FPGA consulting services that support engineering teams across the full FPGA lifecycle. Our consultants work hands-on within active projects, helping clients define and review FPGA architectures, evaluate and select FPGA platforms, and optimise design flows for performance, power, and reliability. The focus is always on practical delivery rather than theoretical guidance. Our teams have delivered FPGA solutions across a range of demanding applications, including long-running LTE base station programs, AI-enabled FPGA platforms for space applications, real-time video and image processing systems, and secure communication IP. This experience enables us to identify design risks early and apply proven approaches across high-bandwidth data handling, real-time processing, complex IP integration, and system bring-up. Where required, Alpinum supports the complete execution of FPGA programs, including ASIC IP porting to FPGA platforms, design partitioning, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, FPGA bitstream generation, and platform bring-up. We work closely with customer software and board design teams to ensure alignment across system boundaries and smooth integration.

Engagements are flexible and tailored to the client’s needs, ranging from short advisory reviews to multi-year delivery programs with full ownership of FPGA deliverables. We operate in onsite, hybrid, or offshore development centre (ODC) models, with clear accountability and transparent communication throughout the engagement. A key element of our consulting approach is knowledge transfer, enabling client teams to retain expertise and operate independently after project completion.

By combining deep technical expertise with a delivery-focused mindset, Alpinum helps organisations reduce FPGA development risk, shorten time-to-market, and build confidence in their FPGA-based products.

As FPGA designs grow in size and functional complexity, verification has become a primary risk to project schedules and product quality. Inadequate coverage, late defect discovery, or poorly defined sign-off criteria can result in costly rework, delayed releases, and reduced confidence in deployed systems. Alpinum’s FPGA verification services are designed to improve verification effectiveness while controlling cost and time-to-market. We work with client teams to assess existing verification methodologies, identify gaps, and implement structured, coverage-driven verification strategies aligned with project requirements and business goals.

Our approach begins with clear requirements understanding and feature extraction, followed by disciplined verification planning. We develop robust testbench architectures and automated verification flows, supporting simulation-based verification, functional coverage modelling, regression automation, and systematic reporting of coverage and defect metrics. These practices enable predictable verification progress and well-defined sign-off decisions. Formal verification techniques are introduced that deliver clear value, target hard-to-reach corner cases, and complement simulation-based flows. This combined approach improves verification depth while avoiding unnecessary overhead. Alpinum teams integrate seamlessly with customer tools, environments, and processes, ensuring verification activities scale effectively from block-level designs to full FPGA integration.

Engagements range from focused consultancy and pilot projects to complete execution delivered through managed verification teams, with defined milestones and measurable outcomes. Alongside execution, we train engineers and managers, establish metrics and dashboards, and help embed sustainable verification processes that continue to deliver value beyond the initial engagement. The result is faster verification closure, reduced rework, and greater confidence in achieving reliable FPGA sign-off.