difference between ASIC and FPGA

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can u explian the difference between ASIC and FPGA.
if i hv a code for ASIC can i trensfer it to fpga
 

If you have Verilog or VHDL code for ASIC, of course you can modify it for use with FPGA. But, the amount of modifications can be large enough. The problems include:

1) FPGA doesn't support clock gating (althought some tools, like Synplify, can "emulate" it).
2) Library elements for all RAMs, I/O pads etc. should be changed to the corresponding elements from FPGA library.
 

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