FPGA: The super chip in the age of artificial intelligence

Abstract

In modern society, artificial intelligence (AI) is developing more rapidly. And the Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) has always been the focus of research as a driving platform. This paper studies in detail the theoretical basis, applications, defects, and future development directions of FPGAs. It is concluded that FPGA has three characteristics: gate array, programmable, and scene, and the detailed positioning of FPGA, the structure, principle, tools, process, and description language of FPGA design. And the unique advantages of FPGA in the field of artificial intelligence: flexible and configurable, special optimizations for convolutional neural networks, and deterministic low latency. Several typical applications of FPGA in the field of artificial intelligence, deficiencies and solutions, and two future development directions. This article will make a great contribution to the development of FPGA in the field of artificial intelligence in the future.