Re:How Does an FPGA Work?
by rcxdude on Wednesday May 03, 2023 @09:44PM
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The LUTs are still the core of these general-purpose blocks, however (as opposed to the more fixed-function blocks like DSP blocks). There's only a little extra logic, mostly focused on muxing and flip-flops (I would argue the flip-flops are the main thing to realise is dedicated hardware). The only thing that's really a different kind of logic is dedicated carry-chain circuitry.
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> I would argue the flip-flops are the main thing to realise is dedicated hardware
Fun fact: The Microchip [1] ProASIC3 logic area is mostly composed of core cells, each of which can be configured to be either one 3-input LUT or one D-flip-flop, so not even the flip-flops are dedicated hardware.
[1] Formerly Microsemi [2].
[2] Formerly Actel.