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In 2016, long-time industry rivals [[Xilinx]] (now part of [[AMD]]) and [[Altera]] were the FPGA market leaders.<ref>{{cite web |first=Paul |last=Dillien |work=EETimes | url=http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?doc_id=1331443 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20190105015123/http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?doc_id=1331443 |title=And the Winner of Best FPGA of 2016 is... |date=March 6, 2017 |access-date=September 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 5, 2019 }}</ref> At that time, they controlled nearly 90 percent of the market.

Both Xilinx (now AMD) and Altera (now Intel) provide [[proprietary software|proprietary]] [[electronic design automation]] software for [[Windows]] and [[Linux]] ([[Xilinx ISE|ISE]]/[[Vivado]] and [[Intel Quartus Prime|Quartus]]) which enables engineers to [[Hardware design|design]], analyze, [[simulate]], and [[Logic synthesis|synthesize]] ([[compile]]) their designs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.xilinx.com/products/design-tools/ise-design-suite.html|title=Xilinx ISE Design Suite|website=www.xilinx.com|access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.altera.com/products/design-software/fpga-design/quartus-prime/overview.html|title=FPGA Design Software - Intel Quartus Prime|website=Intel|language=en|access-date=2018-12-01}}</ref>

In March 2010, [[Tabula (company)|Tabula]] announced their FPGA technology that uses [[Time-division multiplexing|time-multiplexed]] logic and interconnect that claims potential cost savings for high-density applications.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tabula's Time Machine&nbsp;— Micro Processor Report |url=http://www.tabula.com/news/M11_Tabula_Reprint.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410094902/http://www.tabula.com/news/M11_Tabula_Reprint.pdf |archive-date=2011-04-10}}</ref> On March 24, 2015, Tabula officially shut down.<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2015/02/11/tabula-to-shut-down-120-jobs-lost-at-fabless-chip.html Tabula to shut down; 120 jobs lost at fabless chip company] Silicon Valley Business Journal</ref>