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"The Year of the eFPGA" 2017 RecapSemiWiki - Tom DillingerDec. 28, 2017 |
This past January, I had postulated that 2017 would be the “Year of the Embedded FPGA”, as a compelling IP offering for many SoC designs (link). As the year draws to a close, I thought it would be interesting to see how that prediction turned out.
The criteria that would be appropriate metrics include: increasing capital investment; increasing customer adoption; support for a diverse set of applications; and, an emerging set of standard product offerings to accelerate adoption. To be sure, qualified test vehicles fabricated on multiple foundry process nodes are also crucial, as is a solid methodology flow for design synthesis and physical personalization.