In the mid-1980s a new technology for implementing digital logic was introduced; the Field-Programmable Gate Array, or FPGA. These devices could either be viewed as small, slow mask programmable gate arrays, or MPGAs, or large, expensive programmable logic devices, or PLDs. FPGAs were capable of implementing significantly more logic than PLDs, especially because they could implement multi-level logic, while most PLDs were optimized for two-level logic.

Some of the most exciting new uses of FPGAs move beyond the implementation of digital logic, and instead harness large numbers of FPGAs as a general-purpose computation medium. The circuit mapped onto the FPGA need not be standard hardware equations, but can be operations from algorithms and general computations.

Today's FPGA Technology can be considered a developmental environment that can take you from concept to silicon faster, cheaper and with very high quality.
FPGA technology opens the door for creativity and innovation; it is a world of opportunities.