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One interesting use case for FPGAs is where hardware qualification is very expensive, for instance for use in space. If a given FPGA is already space qualified
by godber 8y ago
One interesting use case for FPGAs is where hardware qualification is very expensive, for instance for use in space. If a given FPGA is already space qualified, you just need to load new code onto it and you can skip the expensive qualification step for your new application. You can also consolidate functionality of multiple chips into that one qualified FPGA.
- irq-1 8y agoThe expense for space is producing RAD Hard parts. (The designs are done on the same FPGA then a few RAD Hard chips are made.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening