In 2011, both Xilinx and Altera (now Intel) released the Artix-7 and Cyclone V GT, respectively. Each of these devices contained fewer than 100K logic cells (50K for the Xilinx part and up to 77K for Cyclone V devices), but delivered a nice mix of I/O flexibility, logic, and low-power consumption in applications ranging from automotive subsystems to industrial automation equipment to communications infrastructure.
And then, nothing. For almost a decade.
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