Global FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) Market - 2022-2029

Global FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) Market - 2022-2029

Market Overview

The global FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) market has reached US$ XX million in 2021 and is expected to reach US$ XX million by 2029, growing at a CAGR of XX% during the forecast period 2022-2029.

A Field programmable gate array, FPGA is a semiconductor device that consists of a matrix of customizable logic blocks linked by programmable interconnects. After production, it can be reprogrammed to meet specific application or feature needs. FPGA differs from application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC), custom-made for specific design needs.

FPGAs are now gaining traction in other fields, such as artificial intelligence (AI) using deep neural networks (DNNs). It needs many processing resources to run DNN inference models. GPUs are frequently used to speed up inference processing. Still, in some circumstances, high-performance FPGAs may surpass GPUs when evaluating massive amounts of data for machine learning.

Market Dynamics

The growing demand and adoption of high-performance computing and data centers drive the global FPGA market. However, FPGA is prone to security threats due to hidden vulnerabilities expected to impede the market.

The growing demand and adoption of high-performance computing and data centers globally

Data centers, which handle data from millions of devices and sensors to carry out highly optimized autonomous operations, are critical for IoT adoption. FPGAs are increasingly employed in data centers to offload and speed specialized services. For instance, Baidu, Inc., a China-based search engine company, installed Xilinx FPGA for machine learning applications such as image and speech recognition in its data centers.

Machine learning, edge computing, cloud radio access networks and content delivery applications can all benefit from FPGA. The huge growth in demand for data centers due to the growing adoption of IoT in many verticals is predicted to drive up demand for FPGAs to boost data center computing performance.

Moreover, FPGAs are also suitable for high-performance computing applications due to their hardware acceleration capabilities. The applications demand higher performance than current processors can give. The usage of FPGAs in HPC applications tackles performance, productivity, power and cost challenges.

FPGA is prone to security threats due to hidden vulnerabilities expected to impede the market

FPGAs are prone to security attacks because of a significant flaw in their circuitry, allowing hackers to take complete control of chips and steal sensitive data. FPGA chips offer the advantage of being reprogrammable instead of typical hardware processors with fixed capabilities. A file called a 'bitstream' is used to program the FPGA. Its encryption may be easily changed during the configuration process by modifying the bitstream.

Moreover, an attacker who has access to the bitstream has complete control over the FPGA. Theft of intellectual property contained in the bitstream is a possibility. In addition, manipulation of the bitstream can be used to implant hardware Trojans into the FPGA. The attacker does not even require physical access to the FPGA to carry out this type of assault.

COVID-19 Impact Analysis

COVID-19 had a varied impact on the FPGA market, resulting in lower FPGA shipments. As a result, the revenue made by them has decreased. The market's growth trajectory slowed significantly in the first half of 2020 and the pattern persisted until the first quarter of 2021. However, the demand for data centers, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) has skyrocketed across businesses, governments and educational institutions during the COVID-19 epidemic. The need for FPGAs is increasing as a result of this expansion.

Segment Analysis

The global FPGA market is segmented into SRAM, flash, and anti-fuse based on technology.

SRAM-based FPGAs provide an ideal prototype medium due to standard CMOS technologies, greater performance and programmability and thus are widely used to integrate FPGAs in embedded systems. Because of its programmability and use of conventional CMOS process technology, SRAM-based programming has become the dominant option for FPGAs, resulting in improved package density and speed.

SRAM-based FPGAs lose their configuration data every time the power supply is turned off due to the volatile nature of SRAM technology and must be reprogrammed every time the power supply is turned on. As a result, practically every system that uses SRAM-based FPGAs includes a nonvolatile memory, such as flash programmable read-only memory (PROM) or EEPROM, to save configuration data and load it into the SRAM-based FPGA once power is turned on.

However, compared to flash-based FPGAs, the higher static power consumption of SRAM cells limits the use of SRAM-based FPGAs in portable embedded systems. Another issue with SRAM-based FPGAs is their volatile nature. Although dynamic power management and duty cycling approaches have been utilized to save static power during FPGA idle mode, the energy consumption associated with the ensuing reconfiguration process makes these techniques ineffective.

Geographical Analysis

The global FPGA market is segmented into North America, Europe, South America, Asia-Pacific, and Middle East & Africa based on geography.

Asia-Pacific is paving the way for the FPGA industry to flourish as the country's demand grows due to its leadership in consumer electronics device manufacture. For instance, China is the world's largest manufacturing center, delivering 36% of all electronics, including smartphones, cloud servers, computers and telecom equipment, making it the most important node in the global electronics supply chain.

The adoption and demand for artificial intelligence (AI) have given the consumer electronics market a new lease on life in the region. In the coming decade, smart homes and IoT (Internet of Things) are key growth opportunities for FPGA makers. Moreover, the world's largest semiconductor market is China and Taiwan. For instance, China consumes more than 50% of all semiconductors annually, both for domestic consumption and prospective export.

As a result, the FPGA market was driven by the rapid rise in Chinese demand. In March 2022, Opal Kelly launched the XEM8320-AU25P, the official expansion platform for the Xilinx Artix UltraScale+ FPGA. Opal Kelly's FrontPanel SDK is included in the new platform for creating high-performance, software-connected FPGA applications. For rapid prototyping and extension, the XEM8320-AU25P also uses the adaptable SYZYGY modular interface.

Competitive Landscape

The global FPGA market is competitive and moderately consolidated with multinational and local brands. Major companies include Intel Corporation, Xilinx, Inc., Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Microchip Technology Inc., QuickLogic Corporation, Efinix Inc., Flex Logix Technologies, GOWIN Semiconductor Corporation, Achronix Semiconductor Corporation and S2C, Inc., among others. Further, product development, technological advancement, acquisition, merger and collaboration are the primary growth methods these companies use to improve their geographical presence to address the growing demand for FPGA.

Intel Corporation

Overview: Intel Corporation is a company that creates, manufactures and distributes computer components and accessories. Microprocessors, chipsets, embedded processors and microcontrollers, flash memory, graphic, network and communication, systems management software, conferencing and digital imaging solutions are among the company's primary products. It is headquartered in California, U.S.

Product Portfolio: Intel Corporation offers Intel Agilex M-Series FPGAs and SoC FPGAs series. The series enables more than 1 TBPS of memory bandwidth industry-best to accelerate the most demanding network infrastructure, data center and telecommunications needs.

Key Development:

In December 2021, Intel Corporation announced a partnership with three new cloud-based startups, Inspur, Ruijie Networks and Silicom, to assist in designing and developing new FPGA-based IPUs for cloud and networking customers.

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