Special Technology Area Review on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) For Military Applications
Abstract
The Advisory Group on Electron Devices (AGED) held a Special Technology Area Review (STAR) on Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) for Military Applications on August 3-4, 2004 at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California to address issues relevant to the use of this technology in military systems. FPGAs are rapidly becoming an essential flexible integrated circuit building block of choice for many commercial and defense systems. The STAR confirmed that FPGAs are a crucial electronic component in many DoD electronic systems and are likely to be for some time. However, the STAR also uncovered several areas of concern that AGED believes should be addressed by the DoD. Many of these concerns are due to the inherent differences between the rapidly expanding commercial market for FPGAs (>15% per year growth rate) that is geared to rapid product obsolescence and the military market that is geared to performance assurance and long product life cycles. An overwhelming majority of the FPGA business is commercial in nature (>90%) limiting the leverage of the DoD to influence the direction of its development.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA442913
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Secretary of Defense