Benefits of the reprogrammable gate array in a communications board

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Abstract

The need to design highly-integrated electronic systems with low production volumes led Micro AMPS Ltd. to evaluate semicustom IC technologies. As a result of this evaluation, Xilinx/AMD field-programmable gate arrays — Logic Cell Arrays (LCAs) — were employed in several designs. The reasons for this choice and a design example are presented. The cost of using the LCA is compared with the cost of an equivalent ‘conventional’ design employing SSI/MSI technology.

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Richard Marriott obtained a BSc in electronic engineering in 1984 and an MSc in systems engineering in 1988 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK. He worked for various UK-based companies —Racal Mobilcal, British Aero- space, Sony Broadcast and Surrey Medical Imaging Systems —before setting up his own company, Micro AMPS, with a partner in 1988. Micro AMPS spacializes in custom design from concept to final package product.

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