Title :
Field programmable gate arrays get enough speed and density for computer applications
Author_Institution :
Xilinx Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
fDate :
Feb. 26 1990-March 2 1990
Abstract :
At the time of their introduction in 1985, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) offered limited speed and logic density. Subsequent advances in architecture and process have resulted in major improvements in speed and logic density. Projections for further improvements in speed, density, and cost can be developed on the basis of anticipated improvements in architectures and process. These advances will result in a narrowing of the differences between conventional custom gate arrays and FPGAs. The topics covered are evolution of FPGA architectures, process advances for FPGAs, speed, density, cost, software, markets, and applications.<>
Keywords :
logic arrays; FPGA architectures; FPGAs; field-programmable gate arrays; logic density; process advances; programmable gate arrays; speed; Application software; Computer applications; Computer architecture; Costs; EPROM; Field programmable gate arrays; Logic devices; Programmable logic arrays; Random access memory; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '90. Intellectual Leverage. Digest of Papers. Thirty-Fifth IEEE Computer Society International Conference.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2028-5
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1990.63726
