Actel's Axcelerator family of antifuse FPGAs takes performance to new levels 12 March 2003, ASIC Design Services The Axcelerator family is a single-chip, nonvolatile FPGA solution that offers high densities, flexible I/Os, and unique logic to enable implementation of high performance, high gate count designs. Built ...
Secure flash-based FPGAs now include industrial-grade solutions 26 February 2003, ASIC Design Services Actel has extended its ProASICPLUS portfolio to include industrial-grade solutions. These nonvolatile, single-chip ProASICPLUS industrial devices, which range in density from 75 000 to 1-million system ...
FPGAs used in preference to ASICs for secure card 26 February 2003, ASIC Design Services Dr Kaiser Systemhaus has selected Actel's high-speed, low-power SX-A field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for use in the construction of its PRODASAFE, a BIOS extension produced as a PCI-compatible ...
New encryption cores expand existing FPGA design security 12 February 2003, ASIC Design Services Actel has released new secure solutions to the marketplace. The new advanced encryption standard (AES) and data encryption standard (DES) intellectual property cores are optimised for Actel's nonvolatile ...
Converting ASIC-gated clocks to FPGA-compatible form 12 February 2003 The ability of Synplicity's Certify, Certify SC, and Amplify Physical Optimizer products to automatically convert ASIC-gated clocks to an FPGA-compatible form is a powerful tool for facilitating the prototyping ...
New space-qualified FPGA technology gives designers low-cost alternative to ASICs 20 November 2002, ASIC Design Services For nearly a decade, Actel FPGAs have been successfully deployed in flight-critical applications in space. In fact, having been used on many major European Space programmes in the past, they are now an ...
Comprehensive free design resource for CPLD applications 20 November 2002 Xilinx has announced a new reference design program designed specifically for the company's leading line of CoolRunner CPLDs. The free drop-in designs are available for a wide range of applications, from ...
FPGAs qualified to military specifications 6 November 2002, ASIC Design Services Committed to military and other high-reliability applications, Actel has released its single-chip, high-performance SX72A and SX32A antifuse field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) qualified to military ...
Milspec IP core provides single-chip remote-terminal FPGA solution 23 October 2002, ASIC Design Services Actel has developed a MIL-STD-1553B remote-terminal core for space, avionics and military applications in which high-reliability and system redundancy are essential. Designed for use with Actel's FPGAs, ...
Reprogrammable flash FPGA family enhanced with new device 23 October 2002, ASIC Design Services In a move that extends the reach of its reprogrammable, flash-based ProASICPLUS field-programmable gate array (FPGA) family, Actel has introduced the 75 000-gate APA075. This expands the family to seven ...
Next-generation wireless infrastructure founded on PLD flexibility 9 October 2002, EBV Electrolink Altera has announced that its system-on-a-programmable chip (SOPC) solutions are being used to deliver flexible, low-cost functionality to NEC's industry-leading 3G mobile core network products. NEC chose ...
Evaluation platform for ProASICPLUS FPGAs 10 September 2002, ASIC Design Services Actel offers a low-cost evaluation board for the company's flash-based ProASICPLUS field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The new evaluation board, developed in conjunction with First Silicon Solutions ...
Design and Reuse adds Actel to its IP Web portal 28 August 2002, ASIC Design Services Actel has joined Design and Reuse's (D&R) IP Provider Partner Program, a Web-based semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) directory. Actel has added over 30 intellectual property cores to D&R's online ...
High-reliability FPGA solutions chosen for BIRD satellite 14 August 2002, ASIC Design Services Actel has announced that its high-reliability, FPGAs have been chosen by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for its Bi-Spectral Infrared Detection (BIRD) satellite, the world's first satellite that uses ...
High-speed FPGA architecture said to eliminate performance bottleneck 31 July 2002, ASIC Design Services Actel has unveiled its AX architecture, a new field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology specifically developed to the meet the extreme-performance, high-capacity requirements of designers of leading-edge ...
New programmable logic device family shipping early 17 July 2002, EBV Electrolink Altera introduced what it is calling the 'Future of Programmable Logic'. The company's new Stratix device family is based on a 1,5 V, 0,13 µm, all-layer-copper process, and offers a new high-performance ...
A key to designing large, IP-intensive SoCs and PSoCs 17 July 2002 Circuit complexity continues to soar despite the fact that IC design tool capabilities remain fully one to two generations behind. Arguably, a prime contributor to the design productivity gap today is ...
Gate array or FPGA? ProASIC PLUS offers the best of both worlds 19 June 2002, ASIC Design Services Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology has grown in popularity over recent years to a point where FPGAs are used in preference to ASICs in many applications. Gate arrays or ASICs of 50000 ASIC ...
