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From: mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1)
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On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:54:42 +0000, Michael S wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Aug 2024 10:14:21 -0700
> Stephen Fuld <sfuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 8/15/2024 9:33 AM, Michael S wrote:
>>> On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 22:06:46 +0000
>>> mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> SPARCs FPGA <snip>
>>>
>>> F - Fujitsu (?)
>>> P - ???
>>> G - gate
>>> A - array
>>
>> Half right.  Field Programmable Gate Array.  I.E. a "gate array" that
>> can be programmed in the field, as opposed to the factory.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Don't you think that if I am asking then I have reasons to think that
> Mitch didn't mean "Field Programmable" ?

I could have been misremembering the ASIC SPARC instead of the FPGA
SPARC.

> BTW, logic (HDL) design of FPGA-based embedded systems is part of what
> I am doing for living during last 25 years.