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FPGAs & ASICs for Telecom

October 2015

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are widely used in networking and telecom systems. Both FPGAs and ASICs allow system designers to use silicon devices that implement their own designs rather than using merchant silicon that may not match their particular requirements. Most FPGAs are configured in the target system when the power is applied. This allows system designers to develop the hardware before the FPGA logic is finalized and to implement rapid updates to fix system issues or add new features. ASICs give system designers access to the same silicon technology that is used for many merchant silicon designs. This can deliver significant competitive advantage but requires a large investment in engineering time and development costs.

This report details and analyzes FPGA and ASIC solution from 10 vendors. The report profiles the vendors, reviews platform architectures and analyzes important devices for networking and telecom applications, identifying key features and highlighting the advantages they hold for system developers and service providers.

Simon Stanley

Simon is the Founder and Principal Consultant at Earlswood Marketing and has over 25 years experience, holding marketing and technical positions at various companies including National Semiconductor and Fujitsu covering Europe, North America and Japan. Simon has wide experience of networking technologies and semiconductor solutions including 100G/ 400G, NFV/SDN, LTE, ATCA, G.Fast/DSL, multicore processors, FPGAs and switch fabrics for both consumer and business applications.

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