The FPGA is not like a mobile phone and computer chip processor is well known, for the semiconductor industry's biggest contribution is to create numerous production line model. FPGA is the abbreviation of field programmable gate array (FPGA), from a technical point of view, without changing hardware composition of the chip itself cases can be repeatedly used, according to the market changes, realize different functions on the same carrier.

The FPGA market prospect, but the threshold of the high tough to beat in the chip industry. Global more than 60 companies have spent billions of dollars, to reach the FPGA highland advance wave upon wave, including Intel, IBM, Texas instruments, MOTOROLA, philips, Toshiba, samsung, such industry giants, but in the end there's only four companies in silicon valley - Xilinx, Altera, Lattice, Microsemi. The four companies, with more than 9000 patents so many technical barriers, of course, out of reach in the composition of technology patents.

The FPGA technology mainly has four difficulties: architecture design, hardware implementation and software development and application of IP development. How to break through the FPGA four giant entrants after patent restrictions on the architecture is first of all have to face the problem, to be in on the FPGA a mouthful of meat, the first thing to do is research of technology patents. A technology patent is based on the fundamental.

Four giant landslide in FPGA mulling the world, as the latter of the FPGA market, local FPGA vendor side to overcome technical difficulties, and to study the patent literature, to evade the somebody else is the layout of the patent, followed by their own technology patent clear ownership.

In order to meet the demand of economic development and national defense, break the monopoly of the United States, the Chinese government has invested tens of billions of scientific research funds for many years, through reverse engineering method of generic U.S. embargo FPGA products to me. But due to intellectual property rights, production technology and software technology and other aspects of constraints, generic varieties is limited, technology cannot break through, is difficult to meet the needs of national security.

FPGA in recent years, as one of the key of strategy of "Chinese core" products, domestic micro and FPGA vendors such as Beijing, high clouds, to create the core semiconductor (belong to the purple light group), Shanghai road of science and technology, etc., while localized in the FPGA breakthrough, but also failed to enter the mainstream market, there is a big gap with the international giants, no matter from the product performance, function, power consumption, application software, support has the disparity.

The FPGA technology mainly has four difficulties: architecture design, hardware implementation and software development and application of IP development. How to break through the FPGA four giant entrants after patent restrictions on the architecture is first of all have to face the problem, to be in on the FPGA a mouthful of meat, the first thing to do is research of technology patents. A technology patent is based on the fundamental.

China need to be independent of the FPGA industry, there is no doubt about it. The FPGA industry in China has a huge market potential. Some of China's important scientific research departments urgently need also need the FPGA for a long time, for national security and the key application, such as aerospace, information security, knowledge product protection, etc.; The sustained and rapid development of China's information industry will provide stable markets for FPGA, FPGA's wide prospect of market.

State support for the integrated circuit industry in recent years, marks the most domestic policy releasing layout for the industry related company not only has brought the best fighter, also bring new entrants into the perfect opportunity.

Because the FPGA its market share is relatively small, while on the national key technology support, but relatively less policy support.

Throughout the FPGA domestic enterprises, Beijing is also the unique jager, 11 years of technology accumulation, have mastered more than 200 patents, throughout the FPGA architecture, software, layout, simulation and other critical areas.

Any breeding industry will not happen overnight, what's more, the semiconductor industry more high technology, high capital threshold and high risk, etc, so need more participants with sober rational planning and thinking.

How think about 1: market positioning

After all giant Altera, Xilinx FPGA market practice for over thirty years, and set up barriers (technical barriers, patents, etc.), domestic FPGA if you can't give users a reason to buy, are hard to long-term development. Domestic FPGA manufacturers can be based on the experience of the MCU manufacturers, in close to the customer and market fluctuation kongfu, rather than on technology or followers, competition and the giant tall. As far as possible with the terminal market, make full market analysis and research, research in domestic consumption, the FPGA model, key to grab one kind of breakthroughs.

Thinking about 2: efficiently make filling

FPGA market need strong ecological environment to support, for FPGA device providers, FPGA tools and software to develop, must by myself, of course, can be done in stages, step. How to efficiently build chain, local FPGA relevant manufacturers need to ponder and explore.

Thinking about 3: introduction and training of talents

FPGA need most is money and talent, the development of enterprises in the future competition is the main talent, excellent talents is the key to decide the FPGA enterprise success or failure. So we need to introduce the FPGA worldwide in the field of high-end talents, and vigorously develop the local talent of programmable technology. Accumulate talent base, improve industry depth, is must path of the FPGA development in our country.

Thinking about 4: transition to a market mechanism

For domestic industry of FPGA, because of the large upfront costs and long development cycle, do need national policies to support the industry, technology breakthroughs and perfect, the product need time to verify, and as demand in market change, private investment is very difficult to adapt to this cycle. But companies cannot too much reliance on government support, government support of purpose is not only to solve the financing problem of the enterprise, the deeper role to solve the problem of industry transition to a market mechanism. The ultimate goal is the competitive power of enterprise through ascension, for FPGA industry to accelerate the transition to a market mechanism.

Conclusion: with the competition seeks the development, we should end to market-oriented means to solve the problems of the sustainable development of the localization of the FPGA, FPGA domestic manufacturers how to improve their competitiveness and achieve a profit, also need the FPGA industry continue to work hard, explore suitable, new path suitable for the market.