Efficient use of .5 μm technology with ORCA

Author

Krambeck, Robert H.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Allentown, PA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

27-29 Sep 1994

Firstpage

668

Lastpage

672

Abstract

The original ORCA architecture achieved new highs in gate density for FPGAs by use of a nibble oriented structure for routing, combinatorial logic and sequential logic. The ORCA 2Cxx architecture builds on this base to make optimum use of the larger array sizes possible in 0.5 μm silicon technology. Critical to the optimum use of 0.5 μm technology is the addition of the right amount of new routing resources to insure that routability is maintained throughout the range of array sizes offered. The result is the densest and fastest FPGA available today. To allow users to program the large arrays available in 0.5 μm technology, ORCA can now be programmed through a choice of several third party front end tools and offers a proprietary data path synthesizer

Keywords

CMOS logic circuits; field programmable gate arrays; network routing; programmable logic arrays; 0.5 micron; 2Cxx architecture; FPGA; ORCA architecture; Si; combinatorial logic; half-micron technology; high gate density; nibble oriented structure; routing; sequential logic; Bidirectional control; Circuit synthesis; Computer architecture; Data structures; Field programmable gate arrays; Nearest neighbor searches; Programmable control; Programmable logic arrays; Routing; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

WESCON/94. Idea/Microelectronics. Conference Record

Conference_Location

Anaheim , CA

ISSN

1095-791X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9992-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WESCON.1994.403519

Filename

403519