SRAM-based FPGAs ease system verification

Abstract

Today's system design teams are faced with the conflicting challenges of greater system complexity, shorter development cycles, and stringent quality and reliability requirements. Many designers are meeting these challenges through the use of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Fully-tested, static-memory-based FPGAs can be configured and reconfigured while resident in the target system, providing an efficient prototyping vehicle for verifying custom ASIC designs, as well as a fully-tested device for production use. Their reconfigurable nature allows for the cost-effective inclusion of self-diagnostic test logic in systems.