Physical Implementation 1)Manufactured Integrated Circuit (IC) Technologies 2)Programmable IC Technology 3)Other Technologies Other Technologies 1. Off-The-Shelf Logic IC (Small-Scale Integration)
2. Simple Programmable Logic Device (SPLD)
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3. Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) A CPLD consists of many SPLDs on a single device connected using switch matrices. 4. New FPGA-to-ASIC Flows An automated tool converts the FPGA implementation to an ASIC one. 5. System on a Chip (SoC) A single IC contains hundreds of microprocessors, custom digital circuits, memories, etc. For example, a platform SoC for video processing.