FPGA for dummies

[trekiej]

Is it not possible that this it is in the middle? Is it between Emulation and Implementation?
emulation -> fpga -> asic(implementation)

[trekiej]

Sorry, I did not read the whole thread.
I look at it this way. It is between emulation and an Asic.
Emulation -> Reconfigurable Logic -> Asic
VHDL looks like programming but I bet it is a bit pattern when done.
After looking at the difference between Hard Wired and Microcode on the web, I feel it is more toward being hardware than software.
Having the Amiga OS on hardware without a software layer below it is the whole idea to me. The software layer being another Os.

[trekiej]

Some have used an eeprom to act like a pla. An eeprom can fall behind in speed when trying to keep up with ttl counterparts. It would be cool to use a 10 ns sram that would get loaded with a pattern and run much faster than the 70 ns eeprom.
I wonder if anyone has made a descrete component version of a fpga?
I looked up micro-code on Wikipedia, there goes my credibility. It talked about how it is horizontal and vertical. I did not know that some cpu's still had the ability to have is mcode changed.( core2 duo  and game cube ) It seemed to revolutionized the building of cpus.
Edit:
It would be interesting to see a computer boot up in a 16 bit mode and then load micro-code to run 32 bit apps.

[trekiej]

Can't we all just get along?
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[trekiej]

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