FPGA

Welcome to FPGA 2006, the Fourteenth International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays. FPGA remains the premier conference for advances in all areas related to FPGA technology. With ever increasing NRE costs, DSM effects, and FPGA capacities, the importance of FPGAs today is as high as ever. Continuing our traditional themes, the papers in this year's symposium present new developments in architecture, the impact of technology on FPGA designs, improved CAD techniques and algorithms, and new techniques for efficiently mapping applications to FPGAs. Papers and the panel discussion demonstrate increasing attention to power and point out where there is still much room for innovation and improvement in FPGA architecture and CAD.This year the symposium attracted one hundred submissions. We have selected 22 papers for presentation. We also invited 30 papers for poster presentation.FPGA 2006 provides a relaxed atmosphere for informal information exchange, networking, and stimulating discussion with leaders in the FPGA field from both industry and academia. Paper sessions are separated by ample time to peruse the poster presentations and discuss the latest developments in the field. We hope you will take this opportunity to see the cutting-edge of FPGA innovation, make new contacts, and reacquaint yourself with old colleagues.