What is a field programmable gate array (FPGA)?
| A Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. |
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| 2014-02-14 | Taking a look at the field-programmable RF chip Developed in the US for UK's Lime Microsystems, the FPRF transmitter takes a digital data stream and converts it into wireless signals, while the receiver performs the inverse operation. |
| 2005-11-01 | Programmable PCIe solution costs less than $13 in volume For less than $13 in volume orders, Lattice Semiconductor is offering a programmable PCI Express solution that combines its LatticeECP and LatticeEC FPGAs with the Genesys Logic GL9711 PCIe PHY, and Northwest Logic's PCIe IP core |
| 2005-07-22 | New programmable device family combines CPLD, FPGA features Lattice Semiconductor introduced MachXO, a new product family that combines the key features of complex programmable logic device (PLD) and FPGA technologies in a single device |
| 2002-07-16 | Lattice lands programmable-logic combo punch Lattice Semiconductor has announced a new architecture that combines the programming attributes of CPLDs and FPGAs. |
| 2014-03-12 | Examining field-programmable RF chip Here's a look at a chip that comes from the wireless domain and is touted to bring exciting new possibilities. |
| 2002-01-18 | Atmel rolls out comprehensive programmable SoC EDA tool suite The System Designer 2.0 EDA tool suite is employed for the design of the FPSLIC family of programmable SoCs |
| 2003-06-30 | Actel space FPGAs break 1M gate barrier Actel Corp. has unveiled its radiation-tolerant RTAX-S field-programmable gate array offerings. |
| 2002-04-19 | Actel ships 72,000-gate FPGA Actel Corp. has shipped its 72,000-gate RT54SX72S antifuse FPGA designed for use in radiation-intensive applications including low-Earth orbiting satellites and deep space probes |
| 2000-03-01 | Taking new stabs at programmable analog Programmable logic has some traditional advantages over ASIC design. The gate count of FPGAs approaches that of custom circuits. FPGAs can be programmed?and re-programmed?out in the field, enabling fast time to market. ASICs, in comparison, need careful attention to layout and fabrication technology. It can take anywhere from six weeks to two years (depending on the complexity of the circuit) to get an ASIC working properly |
| 2011-10-28 | Benefits of anti-fuse NVM in 28nm high-K metal gate At smaller process geometries, especially 28nm HKMG, the challenges to integrating NVM such as flash, pseudo flash, and e-fuse are effectively addressed with an anti-fuse solution. |
| 2000-06-22 | A guide to using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for application-specific digital signal processing performance This application note describes the benefits of using an FPGA as a DSP coprocessor, as well as, a stand-alone DSP engine. Two case studies, a Viterbi decoder and a 16-Tap FIR filter are used to illustrate how the FPGA can radically accelerate system performance and reduce component count in a DSP application. |
| 2002-05-17 | Xilinx, Avnet rolls out Virtex-II, Spartan-IIE kits Avnet Design Services and Xilinx Inc. have announced the availability of a development kit for Xilinx's Virtex-II FPGA and an evaluation kit for the Spartan-IIE. |
| 2006-02-09 | Xilinx upgrades PlanAhead tool Xilinx announced version 8.1 of its PlanAhead software, a hierarchical design and analysis solution for Virtex-4 and Spartan-3 FPGAs. |
| 2002-08-15 | Xilinx ships largest, fastest FPGA Touted to be the industry's largest and fastest programmable IC, the XC2V8000 Virtex-II FPGA integrates 8 million gates with clock speeds of over 400MHz, and I/O speeds of 840Mbps |
| 2002-11-22 | Xilinx packs more I/O into its FPGA line Xilinx Inc. has upgraded its top-selling FPGA line by packing in more I/O pins and logic resources. |
| 2002-07-05 | Xilinx ICs target automotive telematics industry Xilinx Inc. has announced the IQ series of FPGA and CPLD products that are targeted specifically for the automotive telematics industry. |
| 2002-03-08 | Xilinx FPGAs integrate PowerPC processor The Virtex-II Pro FPGAs support up to four 300MHz PowerPC 405 processor cores and incorporates RocketIO multi-gigabit serial transceivers, as well as Active Interconnect, BlockRAM, and clock management features. |
| 2002-04-04 | Xilinx announces alternative solution to producing Virtex-II FPGAs Xilinx Inc. has announced the availability of the Virtex-II EasyPath FPGA solution that provides an alternative to and reduces the cost of building Virtex-II FPGAs by up to 80 percent. |
| 2002-06-28 | Virtex-II Pro 3.3V PCI reference design This application note describes the Virtex-II Pro 3.3V PCI solution. |
| 2006-01-27 | Video codec combines DSP, FPGA technology Optelecom-NKF Inc. unveiled its new MPEG-4 video codec that features low bandwidth, DVD-quality video and a wide ambient operating temperature range. |
| 2002-03-11 | Verification tool enables rapid ASIC prototyping Designed for creating ASIC and SoC prototypes using off-the-shelf FPGAs, the SpeedGate Direct System Verification environment addresses all hardware prototype creation and verification challenges. |
| 2002-10-17 | Using the ispPAC30 to Monitor Die Temperature in the ORCA-4 and FPSC ICs This application note describes how the ispPAC30 is suited to perform temperature monitoring in FPGAs and FPSCs. |
| 2001-04-12 | Using SelectI/O interfaces in Spartan-II FPGAs This application note describes how to take full advantage of the flexibility of the Spartan-II FPGA family's SelectI/O features and the design considerations to improve and simplify system-level design. |
| 2002-06-28 | Two flows for partial reconfiguration: Module based or small bit manipulations This application note describes the steps required to design, implement, verify and reconfigure the Virtex and Spartan series of FPGAs using module-based and small-bit method of partial reconfiguration. |
| 2005-07-20 | ST starts selling ARM processor with configurable logic STMicroelectronics NV said Monday (July 18) it has started selling the first member of a family of configurable chips based on the ARM924ES RISC processor core integrated with an area of programmable logic |
| 2005-03-21 | ST MCU packs a lot of features STMicroelectronics announced details of a new multi-purpose microcontroller that targets applications in wireless infrastructure equipment. |
| 2005-06-16 | ST adds DSP core to FPGA-enabled wireless controller STMicroelectronics said it has an enhanced version of its recently announced STW21000, a multi-purpose microcontroller that includes an FPGA array that targets applications in wireless infrastructure equipment |
| 2002-06-28 | SONET rate conversion in Virtex-II Pro devices This application note targets Virtex-II Pro designs that require the direct use of Rocket I/O transceivers in 16-bit mode. |
| 2005-11-02 | Soft ARM7 processor optimized for ProASIC3 FPGAs Actel Corp. started to sample three devices— M7A3P250, M7A3PE600 and M7A3P100— with CoreMP7 |
| 2001-06-01 | Single-mask simplicity needed for SoC The move to multimillion-gate chips made it necessary to adopt design-reuse strategies for new SoC devices |
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