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Innovative Non-Volatile Configuration Memory Technology Enables Low-cost, Multi-time Programmable ULD FPGAs A Lattice Semiconductor White Paper Dec 2013 Lattice Semiconductor 5555 Northeast Moore Ct. Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 USA Telephone: (503) 268-8000 1 Innovative Non-Volatile Configuration Memory Technology Enables Low-cost, Multi-time Programmable ULD FPGAs A Lattice Semiconductor White Paper It’s hardly surprising that flash-based FPGAs have earned a solid reputation since their entry into the market. They offer an impressive array of attractive features. These non- volatile devices retain configuration memory without external assistance and can achieve instant-on, live-at-power-up status as soon as system voltage reaches its minimum level. At the same time flash-based FPGAs offer a high level of reliability for system and mission-critical functions and, given the particular physical characteristics of their silicon, better protection against hacking and other security threats. However, there are significant price and power penalties for using embedded flash in an FPGA. Moreover, some common misconceptions have emerged about flash-based FPGAs as well. Some developers believe an FPGA can only be programmed up to 10,000 times via embedded flash memory or that applications requiring an FPGA to boot up in- system instantly can only do so via embedded flash. Others believe that the only technology that will support the implementation of a different chip configuration is embedded flash. Replacing embedded flash Those ideas are simply not true. In fact, new technologies are emerging that promise to offer many of the inherent advantages of flash-based FPGAs without the technology’s relatively high power consu