Routing Architecture and Applications of FPGA: A survey

Abstract

Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is established in the year 1985 and it is well liked in day to day life. FPGA is the semi-conductor device which is around by configurable logic block (CLB) with the interconnect matrix which develops the FPGA very strong and flexible. When related to the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), FPGA has simpler design cycle and by using Hardware Description Language (HDL) code or Verilog Hardware Description Language (VHDL) code creates the design faster and more efficient and also takes less manufacturing time. As compare to microcontroller, the FPGA has more flexibility and it also has high processing speed. This paper will discuss about classification of routing architecture in FPGA namely Island style FPGA and hierarchical FPGA. The recent application in the field of security system, video and image processing, medical electronics of FPGA.