Re: Die sizes of FPGAs (approx)

Simon,

The typical FPGA that touts itself as the "biggest" has traditionally
been reticle-limited, that is, the die size is the largest that is able
to be accommodated by the photo-lithography systems.

Those dimensions are about 25mm by 28mm (roughly, plus or minus a few
mm, given the need for test structures, scribe lines, etc.).

So, at one time, the xc3090 die was the 'monster' of its day at around
one square inch. And 20 years later, the xc5vlx330t is roughly 1000
times more logic/bits in a similar area. Almost a perfect fit to
Moore's Law.

Austin
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