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  • The output of these compilers target computer hardware at a very low level, for example a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or structured application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).[3] Such compilers are said to be hardware compilers, because the source code they compile effectively controls the final configuration of the hardware and how it operates. The output of the compilation is only an interconnection of transistors or lookup tables.
  • An example of hardware compiler is XST, the Xilinx Synthesis Tool used for configuring FPGAs.[4] Similar tools are available from Altera,[5] Synplicity, Synopsys and other hardware vendors.[citation needed]