Question

The FPGA refers to ____________

(a) First programmable Gate Array

(b) Field Programmable Gate Array

(c) First Program Gate Array

(d) Field Program Gate Array

The question was asked in an international level competition.

The above asked question is from Programmable Array Logic in portion Memory Devices of Digital Circuits

Answer 1

Right option is (b) Field Programmable Gate Array

To elaborate: The FPGA refers to Field Programmable Gate Array. Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are reprogrammable silicon chips. In contrast to processors that you find in your PC, programming an FPGA rewires the chip itself to implement your functionality rather than run a software application. Thus, FPGAs are PLD devices.