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15 years ago

FPGA Device lifetime

Hi everyone, I wonder how long a FPGA device can live. So far I used Cyclone III device, I have search for information, and I only found information about lifetime percentage of 10 years dev...
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15 years ago

Thanks Cris72,

hmm,.. do you mean that those 5000 Board is based on FPGA and already used for 10 years? And so far they are fine? How about the configuration cycles on your board? FPGA configuration is SRAM based, so for every power up FPGA need to be configured. How ofter do FPGAs in your company product configured?

And also can you explain more about failure in solder joint?

Thanks...