Introduction to the four major FPGA manufacturers abroad

FPGA （Field Programmable Gate Array） Field programmable gate array , It is an integrated circuit with programmable characteristics designed and implemented in advance on silicon chip , It can be configured for the specified circuit structure according to the needs of designers , So that customers don't have to rely on ASIC chip . It is widely used in prototype verification 、 signal communication 、 Automotive electronics 、 Industrial control 、 Aerospace 、 Data center and other fields .

FPGA The market prospect is attractive , But the threshold is so high It makes many manufacturers look at it and sigh , There is no solid technical foundation , It is difficult to form competitive products .

Beyond seas , In the end, it's just Four companies in Silicon Valley ：Xilinx（ Sarinx ）、Altera（ Altra ）、Lattice（ Lattice ）、Microsemi( Meigaosenmei ), Occupy most of the market , Form a monopoly pattern .

among Xilinx And Altera The two companies together occupy nearly 90% Market share , The patent has reached 6000 The rest , The technical barrier constituted by so many technical patents is unattainable . and Xilinx Always maintain the global FPGA The supremacy of , Hard to shake ！

Main global FPGA What are the manufacturers And occupancy

 

1.Xilinx（ Sarinx ）

Xilinx( Sarinx ) Is the world's leading provider of complete programmable logic solutions . Research and development 、 Manufacture and sell a wide range of advanced integrated circuits 、 Software design tools and as predefined system level functions IP(Intellectual Property) nucleus .Xilinx The company was founded in 1984 year ,Xilinx Pioneered the field programmable logic array （FPGA） This innovative technology .

because Xilinx Devices are standard components that only need to be programmed , Customers don't have to wait for samples or pay huge costs like when using fixed logic chips .Xilinx The products have been widely used from wireless telephone base stations to DVD Player numbers Electronic application technology in .

2019 year 10 month 23 Japan , 2019《 Wealth 》 future 50 Strong list announced , Sarinx （Xilinx） Ranking the first 17.

2.Altera（ Altra ）

Altera It's the world “ Programmable chip system ”（SOPC） Solution advocate . Combined with programmable logic technology with software tools 、 intellectual property right (IP) And technical services , Worldwide for 14,000 High quality programmable solutions from multiple customers .

The new product line brings the inherent advantages of programmable logic —— flexibility 、 The products are on the market in time —— Combined with higher performance and integration , Designed to meet today's wide range of system requirements .

Altera Provide a comprehensive portfolio of products , To accelerate the development of industrial applications —— Industrial reference design 、Quartus II Software /SOPC Builder Development kit 、32 position Nios II Embedded processor 、 On board Memory 、 a large number of I/O Pin , as well as Altera And its partners , General purpose embedded processor 、 Optimized intellectual property (IP) kernel 、 Refer to design examples and various development kits .

2015 year 12 month Altera company By Intel With 167 $100 million .

3.Lattice（ Lattice ）

Provide the widest range of field programmable gate arrays in the industry (FPGA)、 Programmable logic device (PLD) And related software , Including field programmable system chip (FPSC)、 Complex PLD (CPLD), Programmable mixed signal products (ispPAC) And programmable digital interconnect devices (ispGDX).

Lattice also offers industry-leading SERDES product . FPGA and PLD It is a widely used semiconductor component , The end user can configure it as a specific logic circuit , So as to shorten the design cycle , Reduce development costs . Lattice's end users are mainly communications 、 Computer 、 Industry 、 automobile 、 medicine 、 OEMs in the military and consumer markets .

Apple iPhone7 Have adopted the Lattice Of FPGA chip , Besides ,HTC Of VR It is also used in the product FPGA chip .

4.Microsemi( Meigaosenmei )

Microsemi Corporation Headquartered in Irvine, California , Is a leading high-performance simulation and Mixed signal The integrated circuit And high reliability semiconductor designers 、 Manufacturers and marketers . The main products are mainly supplied to the military industry , It is the largest commercial supplier of military and aviation semiconductor equipment in the United States .

Microsemi Has successfully acquired PMC,PMC It belongs to a big man in the field of memory controllers and chips , It belongs to the world's top experts in this field .

Of course, with the development of globalization and Technology , Many domestic manufacturers have also accumulated a lot of technology , Stand out in the market , Have a place , But compared with foreign giants , No matter from the product performance 、 function 、 Power waste 、 Software 、 On the application support A lot of disparity , In the next article, we are discussing the domestic FPGA manufacturer .