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FPGA

(Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. Some are very sophisticated, including not only programmable logic elements, but programmable interconnects and switches between the elements. The interconnects take up a lot of FPGA real estate, resulting in a chip with very low gate density compared to ASICs. In 2008, Altera introduced its Stratix IV FPGA with 2.5 billion transistors and 680K logic elements.

The vast majority of FPGAs are SRAM-based, although there are some flash and antifuse versions. The antifuse varieties are of interest to aerospace designers because they are more radiation hardened (rad hard). See PLD and adaptive computing.

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FPGA - Field-Programmable Gate Array

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As its complexity increases, the challenge of implementing an FPGA on a printed circuit board (PCB) has become a daunting task.

FPGA challenges: pinning down FPGA/PCB integration by Viklund, Per / Printed Circuit Design & Fab

In design environments today, there is a widening communication gap between the PCB design teams and FPGA design teams.

FPGA-on-board design: the secret lies in optimizing pin assignments ... by Plyler, Ron / Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture

NYSE: AVT), announces the release of the Xilinx[R] Spartan[R]-6 LX16 FPGA Evaluation Kit and Spartan[R]-6 LX150T FPGA Development Kit.

Avnet Electronics Marketing Releases New Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA ... by Business Wire