FPGA Horizons London- October 6th and 7th 2026 - get Tickets here. The $99 Artix UltraScale+ Explorer Board - learn more here Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting the keynote at the CERN FPGA Developers Forum in Geneva. While talking with other attendees, I got into a discussion with Alen Luin, and during our conversation about FPGAs, the importance of the KISS principle in FPGA design came up. The KISS principle is one that we should keep in mind as we architect our s