ent ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁system ▁was ▁issued ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 . ▁ ▁Al tera ▁and ▁X il inx ▁continued ▁un ch alleng ed ▁and ▁quickly ▁grew ▁from ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁to ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s , ▁when ▁compet itors ▁spr out ed ▁up , ▁er oding ▁significant ▁market ▁share . ▁By ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁Act el ▁( now ▁Mic ros emi ) ▁was ▁serving ▁about ▁ 1 8 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁market . ▁By ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁Al tera ▁( 3 1 ▁percent ), ▁Act el ▁( 1 0 ▁percent ) ▁and ▁X il inx ▁( 3 6 ▁percent ) ▁together ▁represented ▁approximately ▁ 7 7 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁F P GA ▁market . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁were ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁rapid ▁growth ▁for ▁F PG As , ▁both ▁in ▁circuit ▁s oph istic ation ▁and ▁the ▁volume ▁of ▁production . ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁F PG As ▁were ▁primarily ▁used ▁in ▁tele communic ations ▁and ▁networking . ▁By ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁de cade , ▁F PG As ▁found ▁their ▁way ▁into ▁consumer , ▁autom ot ive , ▁and ▁industrial ▁applications . ▁ ▁Comp an ies ▁like ▁Microsoft ▁have ▁started ▁to ▁use ▁F PG As ▁to ▁acceler ate ▁high - per formance , ▁computation ally ▁int ensive ▁systems ▁( like ▁the ▁data ▁cent ers ▁that ▁operate ▁their ▁B ing ▁search ▁engine ), ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁performance