Designing an efficient optoelectronic system architecture requires the ability to understand high-level needs and translate them into low-level functionalities. One associated challenge is the wide range of needs: large frequency range for signals (from Hz to GHz), volume/heterogeneity of data/parameters to consider, real-time/constrained time signal processing, real-time/constrained time decision-making processes, critical system security, environmental monitoring, etc.
The ability to efficiently develop a complete and modular embedded architecture, skillfully separating levels of abstraction, is an essential asset for ensuring rapid, reliable, and high-performance developments.
The last decade has seen the emergence of highly sophisticated microelectronic chips, combining CPUs, FPGAs, and GPUs. Each of these chips offers specific advantages. The FPGA is very flexible and powerful for real-time computation, the CPU is ergonomic, and the GPU offers unique capabilities for parallelization of multiplication.
Mastering these SoCs requires implementation expertise but provides a highly configurable base to quickly meet the demanding needs of hardware development in terms of control, command, processing, etc.