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Subject: Re: A Response From Marc Boule

Author: Slater Wold

Date: 10:33:44 04/02/02

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On April 02, 2002 at 13:28:38, Russell Reagan wrote:

>On April 02, 2002 at 13:22:53, Slater Wold wrote:
>
>>Anyone who doesn't know, Marc Boule is a student of McGill University in
>>Montreal.  He is currently doing a Thesis on an FPGA based move generator for
>>his chess program
>[snip]
>
>Yeah I have a question, what's FPGA?
>
>Russell

Field Programmable Gate Array.

From http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci530571,00.html:

A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit (IC) that can be
programmed in the field after manufacture. FPGAs are similar in principle to,
but have vastly wider potential application than, programmable read-only memory
(PROM) chips. FPGAs are used by engineers in the design of specialized ICs that
can later be produced hard-wired in large quantities for distribution to
computer manufacturers and end users. Ultimately, FPGAs might allow computer
users to tailor microprocessors to meet their own individual needs.



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