There are a few FPGA vendors, and even more vendors offering FPGA-like devices. What follows is a list of several companies and their main products.

If you find a company or major product missing, please email me and I'll add it.

FPGA Vendors

Actel

  • Only FPGAs (Fusion) with analog components (A/D converters, ability to sink high currents, ability to monitor voltage/current/temperature)
  • Only FPGAs with instant live-at-powerup, based on Flash memory or one-time-programmable anti-fuse memory
  • Radiation-hard FPGAs
  • Low power FPGAs

    Atmel

  • Very small FPGAs

    Altera

  • Newest FPGAs: Stratix IV (40nm), Stratix III (65nm), Cyclone III (low-end)
  • Recent FPGAs: Stratix II (90nm, high-end), Cyclone II (low-end)
  • With Stratix III, Altera adopts the same strategy Xilinx started with Virtex 4 of offering several different devices in the same family.

    Lattice

  • Have purchased FPGA IP from a number of companies previously offering FPGAs (eg, ATT/Lucent, AMD)

    QuickLogic

  • Small-to-medium size, low power

    Xilinx

  • Newest FPGAs: Virtex 5 (65nm)
  • Recent FPGAs: Virtex 2/4 (high-end), Spartan 3 (low-end)
  • Since Virtex 4, Xilinx has divided their high-end into several different devices, each containing a different mix of resources. This is an attempt to match the needs of different market segments with less waste.

    FPGA-like Vendors and Startups

    Achronix

  • Asynchronous FPGA

    Ambric

  • Massive array of processors

    Cswitch

  • Networking/communications optimized FPGA

    MathStar

  • Medium-grain FPGA based on ALUs, multiply-accumulate blocks, and register files.

    SiliconBlue

  • Very low-power, SRAM-configured iCE family of FPGAs (65nm)
  • On-chip, one-time-programmable config mem (Kilopass), destructive oxide
  • Magma-based CAD
  • Similar to Cyclone I/VPR architecture (BLE=4LUT+FF, CLB=8BLEs, M4K RAMs)
  • Wiring of length 4 (48 tracks) and 12 (24 tracks), Fs=7 switch boxes

    Stretch Inc.

  • Software-configurable processors, a la Tensilica, plus an FPGA-like "Instruction Set Extension Fabric" (ISEF)

    Velogix

  • formerly Flexlogics

    Structured ASIC Vendors and Startups

    Altera

  • HardCopy I/II

    AMI Semiconductor

  • XPressArray, still available?

    ChipX

    eASIC

  • Nextreme, 90nm, SRAM-based LUTs with one user-defined via layer

    Fujitsu

  • AccelArray

    Faraday Technology

    Lightspeed Logic

    LSI Logic

  • RapidChip withdrawn from market

    NEC

  • Instant Silicon Solution Platform (ISSP) withdrawn from market Feb 22, 2007

    Embedded FPGA Vendors and Startups

    eASIC

  • eASICore, 0.13um, SRAM-based LUTs with user-defined via layer, two metal layers available for over-cell routing

    M2000

  • LUTs with Clos style interconnection network