Field-programmable gate array: Difference between revisions

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In 1987, the [[Naval Surface Warfare Center]] funded an experiment proposed by Steve Casselman to develop a computer that would implement 600,000 reprogrammable gates. Casselman was successful and a patent related to the system was issued in 1992.<ref name="history" />

Altera and Xilinx continued unchallenged and quickly grew from 1985 to the mid-1990s when competitors sprouted up, eroding a significant portion of their market share. By 1993, Actel (nowlater [[Microsemi]], now [[Microchip Technology|Microchip]]) was serving about 18 percent of the market.<ref name="four" />

The 1990s were a period of rapid growth for FPGAs, both in circuit sophistication and the volume of production. In the early 1990s, FPGAs were primarily used in [[telecommunication]]s and [[Computer network|networking]]. By the end of the decade, FPGAs found their way into consumer, automotive, and industrial applications.<ref name="Maxfield">{{cite book |last = Maxfield |first = Clive| title = The Design Warrior's Guide to FPGAs: Devices, Tools and Flows| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOadcQAACAAJ&pg=PA4| year = 2004| publisher = Elsevier| isbn = 978-0-7506-7604-5| page = 4}}</ref>