What are the advantages of using an FPGA over designing your own ASIC?

There are advantages of using an FPGA over a microprocessor like an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) in a prototype or in limited production designs. Those benefits are that they are very flexible, reusable, and quicker to acquire.

What is FPGA and its applications?

The field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit that consists of internal hardware blocks with user-programmable interconnects to customize operation for a specific application.

What is the difference between ASIC and FPGA design flow?

The significant difference between ASIC and FPGA design flow is that the design flow for ASICs is a far more complex and rigorous design-intensive process. It involves about seven different stages, from system specification to tape out for fabrication.

What is an FPGA and why do you need one?

FPGAs are particularly useful for prototyping application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) or processors. An FPGA can be reprogrammed until the ASIC or processor design is final and bug-free and the actual manufacturing of the final ASIC begins.

Can the logic function of an ASIC be changed?

Its logic function cannot be changed to anything else because its digital circuitry is made up of permanently connected gates and flip-flops in silicon. The logic function of ASIC is specified in a similar way as in the case of FPGAs, using hardware description languages such as Verilog or VHDL.

What is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)?

An application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) is a microchip designed for a special application, such as a special kind of transmission protocol or a hand-held computer. People might contrast it with general integrated circuits, such as the microprocessor and the random access memory chips in PCs.