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Analogue is the company that trademarked the term "FPGA": https://tmsearch.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4801:1t...

And then claim that it is some kind of magical panacea for all emulation problems: https://twitter.com/analogue/status/1449389710065946628

Which of course is wildly misleading. It's just marketing.

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The patent you linked says "NO CLAIM IS MADE TO THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE "FPGA" APART FROM THE MARK AS SHOWN". From what I understand, that is just a trademark for the logo showing "FPGA" within their square design.

The tweet you linked is promoting their newest product, so of course it's marketing it as something fantastic. FPGA emulation isn't a miracle, but it does provide some benefits over software emulation. I find it hard to believe that people would be misled into thinking this is some scholarly source of information.

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