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Introduction

There are companies in the market that offer FPGAs for different market segments. For instance, some of them cover small FPGAs optimised for low-power consumption. Others specialise in high-performance applications, and others target special applications. Below, it is possible to find some of them; however, please take into account that there are many more.

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Popular Vendors

Within the most popular vendors, we have:

• Lattice: Lattice offers low-power and small-form-factor FPGAs, which are ideal for consumer electronics, industrial, and automotive applications. Their iCE40 series is popular for mobile and IoT applications.
• AMD (formerly Xilinx): Known for high-performance FPGAs, Xilinx offers devices used in a wide range of applications from aerospace to data centres. The Zynq series integrates ARM processors with FPGAs, providing powerful embedded processing capabilities.
• Altera: Used in various sectors, including telecommunications, data centers, and automotive. Their Stratix series is known for high performance, while Cyclone FPGAs are more cost-effective solutions.
• Microchip (formerly Microsemi): Microchip's FPGAs are known for low power consumption and high reliability, making them suitable for aerospace, defence, and industrial applications. The SmartFusion series combines FPGA logic with ARM Cortex-M processors.
• Achronix: focuses on high-bandwidth data processing and networking, offering solutions for high-performance FPGAs optimised for compute-intensive applications.
• QuickLogic: includes solutions for ultra-low-power FPGAs for consumer electronics, IoT and wearables. They target sensor processing and voice recognition capabilities, emphasising low latency and real-time processing.
• Efinix: focuses on high-density and low-power FPGAs emphasising ease of use and rapid prototyping.
• Gowin: focuses on cost-effective and low-to-mid-range FPGAs for industrial, consumer electronics, and automotive applications.

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