Ingram
Due to unique advantages like security, improved testing, and reprogrammability, field programmable gate arrays are making broad inroads in the electronics industry. This comprehensive overview of the topic explains the underlying principles, strengths and limitations of a range of FPGA architectures. Includes abundant references and illustrations.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Concerned with reprogrammable FPGAs, a new type of application-specific integrated circuit which permits design engineers to program and change the chip itself by using a computer terminal. Discusses alternative means by which a logic system may be realized and the variety of technologies available. Reviews logical factors of digital systems and the architecture of FPGAs along with the options and trade-offs for diverse approaches. Contains a number of case studies of small- and modest-scale designs implemented on different FPGA architectures plus a substantial example of a parallel controller which stretched the limits of an FPGA architecture and its supporting CAD software. Features a perspective on the start-up and growth of new companies in the field.
