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Advanced CMOS technologies provide continuously more dense and complex integrated circuits, increasing the possibility to utilize Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) as a competitor of Mask Programmable Gate Arrays (MPGAs) and as a prototyping device. In this paper, we will overview different FPGA technologies, design systems, application areas, and future trends. The emphasis is on looking these issues from the designer and application point of view instead of technology. The denotion FPGA is used to cover both the FPGAs and complex Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs).
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Isoaho, J., Nummela, A., Tenhunen, H. (1993). Technologies and utilization of Field Programmable Gate Arrays. In: Grünbacher, H., Hartenstein, R.W. (eds) Field-Programmable Gate Arrays: Architecture and Tools for Rapid Prototyping. FPL 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 705. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57091-8_25
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