Comparison and Application of FPGA and ASIC in Digital System Design
Jiashu Xu · 2024
This exhaustive review offers a scholarly exposition on the quintessential roles that Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) occupy within digital system design. Commencing with a retrospective view, it traces the genesis and subsequent evolution of these critical components, elucidating their foundational principles and the technological strides they have made. The discussion advances by meticulously comparing and contrasting FPGAs and ASICs, scrutinizing their innate attributes, performance benchmarks, and their aptness for an array of tasks and operational milieus in the current landscape of electronics and computational technology. Further, the review delves into the tangible applications of these components and the strategic considerations that guide the selection of one over the other in particular digital system design scenarios. It extends to assess the influence that burgeoning technologies, notably Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), exert on the refinement and deployment of FPGAs and ASICs. The intent is to furnish a comprehensive conceptual and practical grasp of these technologies, thereby equipping designers, industry practitioners, and the research community with perspicacious insights and prospective trajectories in the arena of digital systems architecture.