Title :
The FPGA to MPGA ASIC conversion process
Author :
Abraham, Carlos ; Chiao, Sun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., San Jose State Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
The advent of advanced process technology coupled with shorter product life cycle continues to fuel the use of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for rapid product prototype in order to reduce the time-to-market of design. At the same time, the relative low cost and improved speed-performance offered by mask programmable gate array (MPGA) type of application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) dictate the migration of FPGA based digital designs to an MPGA based platform once product development is completed and high-volume production begins. In this paper, an overview of MPGA architecture and the FPGA-to-MPGA conversion process are examined. This paper will also discuss issues affecting conversion success rate.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; circuit layout CAD; delays; integrated circuit layout; logic CAD; programmable logic arrays; ASIC; FPGA to MPGA conversion process; conversion success rate; high-volume production; mask programmable gate array; product life cycle; rapid product prototype; time-to-market; Application specific integrated circuits; Costs; Field programmable gate arrays; Integrated circuit interconnections; Logic arrays; Logic design; Logic devices; Logic programming; Production; Programmable logic arrays;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1997. Proceedings of the 40th Midwest Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3694-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1997.662351
