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Why are SRAM based FPGA used more than NVM based FPGA?

SRAM based FPGAs need to load the bitstream again after power off. Meanwhile the Non-Volatile based one don't need that. I wonder, why are more experiments and security research done on the SRAM ...
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What makes Smartfusion2 FPGA clamed as highly secure to ensure secure booting?

Is the FPGA Smatfusion2 claimed to be highly secure by its manufacturer (Microsemi, now Mircochip) because it is a non volatile memory FPGA? Meanwhile the SRAM FPGA like the zynq 7000 are considered ...
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Is it possible to read erased flash memory?

In hard disks, a "quick format" does nothing to the actual data on the disk - just clears the FAT (file allocation table), which then appears as a "blank disk" to the user. Therefore, it is fairly ...
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