Doubling counter/timer resolutions with CoolRunner-II 23 August 2006 Counter and timer modules are often incorporated in CPLD (complex programmable logic device) designs. But, while counters and timers are ideal for some designs, they are not so ideal for designs that ...
Application: thermal management with Fusion 23 August 2006, ASIC Design Services As the speed of systems increases, and the relative size of systems decreases, temperature management becomes more important. This results in the need to develop effective, compact, and inexpensive methods ...
Lower power MAX II CPLDs target portable market 9 August 2006, EBV Electrolink Altera has expanded its MAX II device family to address the growing portable applications market with new ultra-small packages and a new power-down capability. The MAX II EPM240, EPM570 and EPM1270 devices ...
Prototype FPGA for aerospace applications available 26 July 2006, ASIC Design Services Maintaining its support for designers in the aerospace industry, Actel has announced prototype availability of its four million-gate field-programmable gate array (FPGA), the RTAX4000S.
This FPGA is ...
Million-gate FPGA touts leading performance and highest security 22 February 2006, ASIC Design Services Actel is now shipping its one million system-gate ProASIC3 device, which it says fulfils the industry's demand for cost-effective, full-featured field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The A3P1000 offers ...
Fusion PSC: the world's first mixed-signal FPGA family 8 February 2006, ASIC Design Services Actel's Fusion programmable system chip (PSC) is the world's first mixed-signal FPGA family. The chips integrate configurable analog, large Flash memory blocks, comprehensive clock generation and management ...
PolarPro becomes a 'hot product' 8 February 2006 Low-power programmable-logic supplier, QuickLogic, has announced that its PolarPro FPGA technology was named as one of EDN magazine's Hot 100 Products for 2005. QuickLogic was one of five companies selected ...
Starter kit to evaluate new FPGA devices 5 October 2005, ASIC Design Services Giving developers the capability to incorporate secure in-system programmability (ISP) for the first time in their products, Actel has released the ProASIC3 starter kit, and started sampling its 250K-gate ...
Core generator produces FPGA-optimised FFT modules 5 October 2005, ASIC Design Services Actel is offering an intellectual property (IP) core generator that produces optimised fast Fourier transform (FFT) cores for use with Actel's flash- and antifuse-based FPGA families. CoreFFT is designed ...
Actel combines analog with flash memory and FPGA fabric 7 September 2005, ASIC Design Services Actel has unveiled its Fusion technology, which it has billed as the era of the programmable system chip (PSC), designed to bring true programmability to mixed-signal solutions.
The Actel Fusion technology ...
Actel FPGAs and IP used on new Airbus A380 24 August 2005, ASIC Design Services Actel has supplied field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and intellectual property (IP) core modules for a number of applications onboard Airbus' new A380 commercial airliner.
More than 700 devices ...
Low-cost alternative to CPLDs and FPGAs claimed 10 August 2005, Altron Arrow Lattice Semiconductor has launched what it says is a new class of crossover programmable logic device that supports applications that traditionally have been addressed either by high density CPLDs or ...
New secure FlashROM FPGA families offer enhanced performance and features 29 June 2005, ASIC Design Services Actel has developed the new ProASIC3/E families of Flash FPGAs that offer enhanced performance, density, and features over the ProASICPLUS FPGAs. The ProASIC3/E devices also provide a secure, low-power, ...
FPAA building block modules downloadable 1 June 2005 Anadigm is offering for free download, configurable analog modules for programming field programmable analog arrays (FPAAs), that the company originally developed for customer-specific designs. Designers ...
World's highest density FPGA claimed 4 May 2005 The Virtex-4 LX200 device is now the world's highest density FPGA, according to its manufacturer, Xilinx. It says with 200448 logic cells, the LX200 has 30% more logic capacity than the closest competing ...
High-density ASIC for 30 V interfaces 4 May 2005, Mutronics Components Epson has developed an ASIC series that is compatible with 30 V interfaces. The S1K70000H series of 0,18 µm ASIC chips use miniaturised process technology. Because the latest electronic devices use lower-voltage ...
Actel and ARM bringing ARM7 to burgeoning FPGA market 23 March 2005, ASIC Design Services US FPGA vendor, Actel, and processor IP licensor, ARM, have signed an agreement whereby Actel customers will be able to implement a 'soft' ARM7 Thumb microprocessor on a range of ARM technology-enabled ...
