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TierLogic lifts the veil: another take on the 3D FPGAPractical Chip Design - Brian BaileyMar. 11, 2010 |
TierLogic, yet another large and expensive FPGA start-up that has been in stealth mode for years, today unveiled a radical approach to increasing the density and utility of large programmable logic devices. Like previously-announced Tabula, TierLogic describes their design as a 3D FPGA. But the two approaches are totally unlike each other, and neither is related to the concept of 3D ICs—involving stacked dice and through-silicon vias—that is currently the hot topic in SoC-of-the-future circles.