FPGA
E170422
An FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is a reconfigurable integrated circuit that can be programmed after manufacturing to implement custom digital logic functions and hardware designs.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| FPGA canonical | 3 |
| FPGAs | 1 |
| Field-Programmable Gate Array | 1 |
| Lattice iCE40 | 1 |
| field-programmable gate array | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1499727 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FPGA Context triple: [Altera, productType, FPGA]
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A.
CPLDs
CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices) are reconfigurable digital integrated circuits used to implement custom logic functions in hardware, often for control, glue logic, and interface applications.
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B.
Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor is an American technology company that designs and manufactures low-power, programmable logic devices used in a wide range of electronics and embedded systems.
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C.
ASIC
ASIC is Australia’s national corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator responsible for enforcing and administering the country’s company and financial services laws.
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D.
Altera
Altera is a semiconductor company best known for its programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and related design tools, now operating as a subsidiary of Intel.
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E.
EDA
EDA is a U.S. federal agency within the Department of Commerce that provides grants and technical assistance to support economic growth and job creation in distressed communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FPGA Target entity description: An FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is a reconfigurable integrated circuit that can be programmed after manufacturing to implement custom digital logic functions and hardware designs.
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A.
CPLDs
CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices) are reconfigurable digital integrated circuits used to implement custom logic functions in hardware, often for control, glue logic, and interface applications.
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B.
Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor is an American technology company that designs and manufactures low-power, programmable logic devices used in a wide range of electronics and embedded systems.
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C.
ASIC
ASIC is Australia’s national corporate, markets, financial services and consumer credit regulator responsible for enforcing and administering the country’s company and financial services laws.
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D.
Altera
Altera is a semiconductor company best known for its programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and related design tools, now operating as a subsidiary of Intel.
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E.
EDA
EDA is a U.S. federal agency within the Department of Commerce that provides grants and technical assistance to support economic growth and job creation in distressed communities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (64)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
digital hardware platform
ⓘ
integrated circuit ⓘ programmable logic device ⓘ |
| canBeIntegratedWith |
ARM processors
ⓘ
hard processor cores ⓘ |
| comparedTo | ASIC ⓘ |
| composedOf |
DSP blocks
ⓘ
I/O blocks ⓘ clock management blocks ⓘ configurable logic blocks ⓘ embedded memory blocks ⓘ flip-flops ⓘ high-speed transceivers ⓘ lookup tables ⓘ programmable interconnects ⓘ |
| configurationTechnology |
SRAM-based
ⓘ
antifuse-based ⓘ flash-based ⓘ |
| configuredBy |
bitstream
ⓘ
configuration memory ⓘ |
| fullName |
FPGA
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Field-Programmable Gate Array
|
| hasAdvantageOver |
ASIC in reconfigurability
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ASIC in time-to-market ⓘ |
| hasDisadvantageComparedTo |
ASIC in maximum achievable performance (typically)
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ASIC in power efficiency (typically) ⓘ ASIC in unit cost at high volume ⓘ |
| hasProperty |
non-volatile configuration storage (via external memory or on-chip flash)
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programmable after manufacturing ⓘ reconfigurable ⓘ supports custom digital logic ⓘ supports hardware parallelism ⓘ supports partial reconfiguration ⓘ |
| introducedIn | 1980s ⓘ |
| majorVendor |
Altera
ⓘ
surface form:
Intel (Altera)
Lattice Semiconductor ⓘ Microchip Technology ⓘ
surface form:
Microchip Technology (Microsemi)
Xilinx ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
ASIC
ⓘ
CPLDs ⓘ
surface form:
CPLD
SoC FPGA ⓘ |
| supports |
custom data paths
ⓘ
fixed-point arithmetic ⓘ floating-point arithmetic (on some devices) ⓘ parallel processing ⓘ pipelining ⓘ |
| supportsDesignFlow |
RTL design
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high-level synthesis from C/C++/SystemC ⓘ |
| targetedBy | high-level synthesis tools ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerospace and defense systems
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automotive systems ⓘ cryptography acceleration ⓘ digital signal processing ⓘ hardware acceleration ⓘ high-frequency trading systems ⓘ image processing ⓘ industrial control ⓘ network packet processing ⓘ prototyping ASIC designs ⓘ software-defined radio ⓘ video processing ⓘ |
| uses |
SystemVerilog
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VHDL ⓘ Verilog ⓘ hardware description languages ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: FPGA Description of subject: An FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is a reconfigurable integrated circuit that can be programmed after manufacturing to implement custom digital logic functions and hardware designs.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
CPLD
this entity surface form:
Lattice iCE40
this entity surface form:
Field-Programmable Gate Array
subject surface form:
Altera Corporation
this entity surface form:
FPGAs
subject surface form:
PAL device
subject surface form:
PAL device
this entity surface form:
field-programmable gate array