Quantifying and Exploring the Gap Between FPGAs and ASICs Measuring and Exploring /

• Main Authors: Kuon, Ian (Author), Rose, Jonathan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2010.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer hardware.; Computer-aided engineering.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Electronic circuits.; Circuits and Systems.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Computer Hardware.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.

Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have become the dominant digital implementation medium as measured by design starts. They are preferred because designers can avoid the pitfalls of nanoelectronic design and because the designer can change the design up until the last minute. However, it has al...