What Is FPGA?
FPGA stands for Field-Programmable Gate Array. What differs it from ASIC is that the latter is a custom chip that cannot be reconfigured after it is manufactured. Once it is shipped and “in the field,” an ASIC’s function is fixed. FPGA gets its name because it can be “reprogrammed in the field,” after it has been shipped or seen use in the real world.
Miners actively used FPGA from 2010 (when regular CPUs became outdated) to 2012 (when the ASIC era began). In comparison with ASIC, FPGA is much less efficient and way slower due to its architecture.
FPGA stands for Field-Programmable Gate Array. What differs it from ASIC is that the latter is a custom chip that cannot be reconfigured after it is manufactured. Once it is shipped and “in the field,” an ASIC’s function is fixed. FPGA gets its name because it can be “reprogrammed in the field,” after it has been shipped or seen use in the real world.
Miners actively used FPGA from 2010 (when regular CPUs became outdated) to 2012 (when the ASIC era began). In comparison with ASIC, FPGA is much less efficient and way slower due to its architecture.