High-Volume Nano FPGAs: Going Where No FPGA Has Gone Before
Though once a novelty, electronic devices are now ubiquitous and a necessary part of every day life. From the boardroom to the operating room to the classroom, demand is up for electronic devices that help us work faster and more efficiently. The drive toward miniaturization and integration is transforming electronic devices into consumer commodities at an alarming rate. Gadgets we once placed on a desk or carried in a briefcase now fit comfortably in a shirt pocket. Even industrial, medical, and military markets, which have previously been low-volume, are shifting to the consumer-based model: higher volume production of smaller systems that perform better and cost less.
Demand for everything from cell phones to printers, insulin infusion pumps to hand-held GPS units, is on the rise. And complicating the market is the growing demand in more recently developed countries for the digital life style. Increased consumer spending power in countries like China, India, and Brazil is driving development, innovation, and customization in many electronic systems markets. Manufacturers have almost insurmountable challenges in meeting market demand and competition for new technology.
The perfect storm of consumer demand converging with design constraints is on the horizon. More demand for electronic devices means more demand for semiconductors. Time to market for high-demand products must be slashed. Design lead times have met the same fate. Design teams are squeezed between a rapidly changing market and the inherent limitations of their design processes. They are reaching the limits of current technology with no clear alternative.
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