FPGA

E170422

digital hardware platform integrated circuit programmable logic device

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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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
FPGA canonical	5
FPGAs	3
Field-Programmable Gate Array	2
field-programmable gate array	2
Intel FPGA	1
Intel FPGA devices	1
Lattice iCE40	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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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	Field-Programmable Gate Array ⓘ linked to: FPGA
hasAdvantageOver	ASIC in reconfigurability ⓘ ASIC in time-to-market ⓘ
hasDisadvantageComparedTo	ASIC in maximum achievable performance (typically) ⓘ ASIC in power efficiency (typically) ⓘ ASIC in unit cost at high volume ⓘ
hasProperty	non-volatile configuration storage (via external memory or on-chip flash) ⓘ programmable after manufacturing ⓘ reconfigurable ⓘ supports custom digital logic ⓘ supports hardware parallelism ⓘ supports partial reconfiguration ⓘ
introducedIn	1980s ⓘ
majorVendor	Intel (Altera) ⓘ linked to: Altera Lattice Semiconductor ⓘ Microchip Technology (Microsemi) ⓘ linked to: Microchip Technology Xilinx ⓘ
relatedConcept	ASIC ⓘ CPLD ⓘ linked to: CPLDs SoC FPGA ⓘ
supports	custom data paths ⓘ fixed-point arithmetic ⓘ floating-point arithmetic (on some devices) ⓘ parallel processing ⓘ pipelining ⓘ
supportsDesignFlow	RTL design ⓘ high-level synthesis from C/C++/SystemC ⓘ
targetedBy	high-level synthesis tools ⓘ
usedFor	aerospace and defense systems ⓘ 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 ⓘ VHDL ⓘ Verilog ⓘ hardware description languages ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Altera → productType → FPGA ⓘ

CPLD → comparedTo → FPGA ⓘ

subject linked to: CPLDs

Lattice Semiconductor → notableProductFamily → Lattice iCE40 ⓘ

linked to: FPGA

FPGA → fullName → Field-Programmable Gate Array ⓘ

linked to: FPGA

Altera Corporation → specializedIn → FPGAs ⓘ

subject linked to: ALTR

linked to: FPGA

PAL device → hasSuccessor → FPGA ⓘ

subject linked to: PAL devices

PAL device → influencedDevelopmentOf → field-programmable gate array ⓘ

subject linked to: PAL devices

linked to: FPGA

OpenCL C 1.2 → targetEnvironment → FPGAs ⓘ

linked to: FPGA

Nios II → usedWith → Intel FPGA devices ⓘ

linked to: FPGA

OpenVINO → supportsHardware → Intel FPGA ⓘ

linked to: FPGA

ASIC → contrastedWith → FPGA ⓘ

Programmable Array Logic device → isPredecessorOf → Field-Programmable Gate Array ⓘ

linked to: FPGA

ISE Design Suite → supportsDeviceType → FPGA ⓘ

Ross Freeman → hasPatentOn → field-programmable gate array ⓘ

linked to: FPGA

Test Access Port → isUsedIn → FPGAs ⓘ

linked to: FPGA

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