▁per ▁w att ▁advantage ▁F PG As ▁deliver . ▁Microsoft ▁began ▁using ▁F PG As ▁to ▁acceler ate ▁B ing ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁and ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁began ▁deploy ing ▁F PG As ▁across ▁other ▁data ▁center ▁work loads ▁for ▁their ▁Azure ▁cloud ▁computing ▁platform . ▁ ▁Integr ation ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁the ▁co arse - gra ined ▁architect ural ▁approach ▁was ▁taken ▁a ▁step ▁further ▁by ▁combining ▁the ▁logic ▁blocks ▁and ▁inter connect s ▁of ▁traditional ▁F PG As ▁with ▁embedded ▁micro process ors ▁and ▁related ▁peri pher als ▁to ▁form ▁a ▁complete ▁" system ▁on ▁a ▁program m able ▁chip ". ▁This ▁work ▁mirror s ▁the ▁architecture ▁created ▁by ▁Ron ▁Per lo ff ▁and ▁Han an ▁Pot ash ▁of ▁B urr ough s ▁Advanced ▁Systems ▁Group ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁which ▁combined ▁a ▁re config urable ▁CPU ▁architecture ▁on ▁a ▁single ▁chip ▁called ▁the ▁S B 2 4 . ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁of ▁such ▁hy brid ▁techn ologies ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁X il inx ▁Z yn q - 7 0 0 0 ▁all ▁Program m able ▁So C , ▁which ▁includes ▁a ▁ 1 . 0   G Hz ▁dual - core ▁AR M ▁Cor tex - A 9 ▁M PC ore ▁processor ▁embedded ▁within ▁the ▁F P GA ' s ▁logic ▁fabric ▁or ▁in ▁the ▁Al tera ▁Ar ria ▁V ▁F P GA , ▁which ▁includes ▁an ▁ 8 0 0   M Hz ▁dual