ProASIC3/E devices combine the best from both the ASIC and FPGA worlds 23 March 2005, ASIC Design Services Over the past decade, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have achieved widespread adoption across an expanding array of applications. By offering a universal silicon platform that can be quickly programmed ...
Development board with Virtex LX60 FPGA 23 March 2005 Semiconductor distributor, Memec, is offering the new Virtex-4 MB development kit, the first board available with the Xilinx Virtex-4 LX60 FPGA. The MB board complements the low-cost, entry-level Virtex-4 ...
Development kit for Xilinx embedded microblaze systems 23 February 2005 Memec has released the P160 Communications Module 3 development kit. A small, low-cost daughter card form-factor, the kit enables designers to add a standard set of processor peripherals and bulk memory ...
Third-generation devices set to move flash into the mainstream 9 February 2005, ASIC Design Services Actel has unveiled its ProASIC3 and ProASIC3E families, the company's third-generation of flash-based programmable logic solutions. With the ProASIC3/E families, Actel said it addresses strong market ...
Radical new architecture for CPLDs 26 January 2005, EBV Electrolink Building on nearly 15 years of CPLD leadership and innovation, Altera released its MAX II family last year. The MAX II devices are based on a new look-up table (LUT)-based architecture that it claims ...
Comprehensive solution enables high-performance FPGA design 17 November 2004, ASIC Design Services The continuing evolution of field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) has enabled design teams to develop larger and more complex designs. The broad availability of ready-to-use IP cores has contributed greatly ...
New communications module 17 November 2004 Memec has launched the Memec P160 Communications Module 2, which provides a set of peripherals and memory banks in a small, low cost daughter card form-factor. The module enables designers to implement ...
ARINC 429 IP core simplifies integration for avionics designers 3 November 2004, ASIC Design Services Actel has released to market a new intellectual property (IP) core designed to reduce development time and improve the performance of aircraft communications systems. The new Actel Core429 is a bus interface ...
The advantages of migrating from discrete logic devices to Xilinx CPLDs 3 November 2004 Advances in semiconductor process technology have driven CPLD costs down to a point where they now offer a highly compelling discrete logic replacement alternative. This article discusses why it makes ...
Tips for successful power-up of today's high-performance FPGAs 20 October 2004, Power Electronics / Power Management A major issue facing designers of FPGA-based systems is achieving a clean power-up. In this article we explain FPGA power requirements and the causes of their power-up problems.
We then provide a strategy ...
Space-flight FPGAs now available 6 October 2004, ASIC Design Services Actel has announced that its radiation-tolerant RTSX-S family of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) is now available from UMC's wafer foundry. The new family (RTSX-SU) provides customers with an alternate ...
Lower-cost and improved performance CPLDs 22 September 2004, EBV Electrolink Altera has begun shipping the first member of its MAX II device family, the EPM1270 device. Based on Altera's innovative look-up table (LUT)-based CPLD architecture, the company says the MAX II family ...
Flash-based FPGA lets race engine controller lead the pack 22 September 2004, ASIC Design Services, Products & Solutions, Smart Home Automation Ref: z2717152m
In the world of motor racing, speed is everything and not just on the track. In many classes, the electronic control unit (ECU) that controls the engine has become as critical a component ...
New direction taken with CPLDs 8 September 2004, EBV Electrolink Altera is a long-standing leader in the complex programmable logic device (CPLD) market. With over 10 000 CPLD users annually, more than 350 million units shipped worldwide, and $4 bn in cumulative sales, ...
32 Mbit FPGA configuration memories said to be first commercially available 8 September 2004, Altron Arrow, EBV Electrolink Atmel claims it offers the only commercially-available FPGA configuration ICs to provide single-chip configuration storage for FPGAs with as many as 8-million gates. The 32-megabit AT17F32 and AT17F32A ...
Turnkey design solution delivered for data storage products 16 June 2004, ASIC Design Services Actel has joined with Inicore, an intellectual property and design services partner, to deliver a turnkey design solution to the Targa Systems division of L3 Communications for a new line of data storage ...
High voltage IGBT gate drive unit 2 June 2004, Advanced Product Technology, Power Electronics / Power Management Westcode Semiconductors has released to market a high voltage IGBT gate drive unit (GDU) designed to complement its range of high voltage press-pack IGBTs and standard IGBT modules. The C0030BG400 is ...
New IP core for military, space and industrial markets 5 May 2004, ASIC Design Services Actel's third solution in its MIL-STD-1553 portfolio, the Core1553BRM intellectual property (IP) core, is designed for use with the company's FPGAs, including Actel's recently announced, space-qualified ...
FPGA realtime logic debug technology cuts verification times 7 April 2004 The latest version of Xilinx' realtime debug and verification software for FPGA design, ChipScope Pro 6.2i, takes advantage of the reprogrammable nature of Xilinx FPGAs to deliver flexibility and speed ...
