Editing Field-programmable gate array (section)

=== Soft core ===
[[File:Xilinx Zynq-7000 AP SoC.jpg|thumb|A [[Xilinx]] Zynq-7000 all-programmable system on a chip]]

An alternate approach to using hard macro processors is to make use of [[soft processor]] [[Semiconductor intellectual property core|IP cores]] that are implemented within the FPGA logic. [[Nios II]], [[MicroBlaze]] and [[Mico32]] are examples of popular softcore processors. Many modern FPGAs are programmed at ''run time'', which has led to the idea of [[reconfigurable computing]] or reconfigurable systems&nbsp;– [[CPU]]s that reconfigure themselves to suit the task at hand. Additionally, new non-FPGA architectures are beginning to emerge. Software-configurable microprocessors such as the Stretch S5000 adopt a hybrid approach by providing an array of processor cores and FPGA-like programmable cores on the same chip.