▁hardware ▁on ▁F PG As , ▁but ▁manufact ure ▁their ▁final ▁version ▁as ▁an ▁AS IC ▁so ▁that ▁it ▁can ▁no ▁longer ▁be ▁modified ▁after ▁the ▁design ▁has ▁been ▁committed . ▁ ▁Tr ends ▁▁ ▁X il inx ▁claimed ▁that ▁several ▁market ▁and ▁technology ▁dynamics ▁are ▁changing ▁the ▁AS IC / FP GA ▁parad ig m ▁as ▁of ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 9 : ▁ ▁Integr ated ▁circuit ▁development ▁costs ▁were ▁rising ▁ag gress ively ▁ ▁AS IC ▁complexity ▁has ▁length ened ▁development ▁time ▁R & D ▁resources ▁and ▁head count ▁were ▁decre asing ▁ ▁Re venue ▁losses ▁for ▁slow ▁time - to - market ▁were ▁increasing ▁ ▁Fin an cial ▁constraints ▁in ▁a ▁poor ▁economy ▁were ▁driving ▁low - cost ▁techn ologies . ▁ ▁These ▁tr ends ▁make ▁F PG As ▁a ▁better ▁alternative ▁than ▁AS IC s ▁for ▁a ▁larger ▁number ▁of ▁higher - volume ▁applications ▁than ▁they ▁have ▁been ▁histor ically ▁used ▁for , ▁to ▁which ▁the ▁company ▁attributes ▁the ▁growing ▁number ▁of ▁F P GA ▁design ▁starts ▁( see ▁). ▁ ▁Some ▁F PG As ▁have ▁the ▁cap ability ▁of ▁partial ▁re - configuration ▁that ▁lets ▁one ▁portion ▁of ▁the ▁device ▁be ▁re - program med ▁while ▁other ▁port ions ▁continue ▁running . ▁ ▁Complex ▁Program m able ▁Log ic ▁Dev ices ▁( CP LD ) ▁ ▁The ▁primary ▁differences ▁between ▁complex ▁program m able ▁logic ▁devices ▁( CP LD s ) ▁and ▁F PG As ▁are ▁architect ural . ▁A ▁C PL D ▁has ▁a ▁compar atively