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Re:Chip Ignite: Rapid IC Creation by jecel on Friday May 21, 2021 @04:19PM (#27239383)
There have been FPGAs in the past which used the logic blocks for routing, including the Xilinx 6200. I think that was also the case for the Atmel AT40K FPGAs, but could be remembering wrong.

In fact, our project for the previous Google shuttle was an FPGA-like device which also routes data using logic cells. Here is an introduction to the idea:

https://github.com/fiberhood/MorphleLogic/blob/main/README_M...

It worked in simulation and the chip is currently scheduled to be shipped to us on September 6. There were 2 or 3 projects that were more conventional FPGAs.

Re:Chip Ignite: Rapid IC Creation by mikewarot on Friday May 21, 2021 @07:02PM (#27241018)
The Morphie blob looks like a special case of a 4x4LUT. I'd be interested to know how the chips work out.
Re:Chip Ignite: Rapid IC Creation by jecel on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:27PM (#27242306)
There are some common features, but also differences that makes them a bit hard to compare directly.

An academic project that takes yet another approach to this design space is:

http://cba.mit.edu/projects/rala/

Re:Chip Ignite: Rapid IC Creation by mikewarot on Friday May 21, 2021 @09:51PM (#27242474)
Unfortunately, none of the links there go to anything, unless you have a username/password to sign in.
Re:Chip Ignite: Rapid IC Creation by jecel on Monday May 24, 2021 @10:41AM (#27264882)
Here is a link to an "open access" copy of the 2010 RALA paper:

https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/72349