Xilinx to Demonstrate at Mobile World Congress 2010
At Mobile World Congress 2010, Xilinx will unveil the latest Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms with Virtex-6 FPGAs that enable global wireless communications with lower cost and power solutions for radio, baseband, and connectivity. Xilinx will also demonstrate a comprehensive wireless development environment tuned to the evolving standards and application requirements of LTE baseband and multi-mode radio subsystems. The Mobile World Congress 2010 will take place in Barcelona, Spain from February 15 through 18, 2010.
Altium NanoBoard 3000AL Altera FPGA Prototyping Board
Altium introduced the NanoBoard 3000AL prototyping board. The new NanoBoard 3000AL features the Altera Cyclone III FPGA (EP3C40F780C8N). The NanoBoard 3000 is available for a recommended retail price of $395 (US) and includes a 12-month subscription to an Altium Designer Soft Design License, which also includes all software updates released by Altium during the 12-month subscription period. Users of the latest release of Altium Designer can also use the NanoBoard 3000.
Altera 28nm FPGAs
Altera’s upcoming 28nm FPGAs will feature Embedded HardCopy Blocks, 28-Gbps embedded transceivers, and user-friendly partial reconfiguration. Embedded HardCopy Blocks will improve the density and I/O performance of next-generation Altera FPGAs. High-speed transceivers will help designers implement designs such as 400G systems on a single chip without the need for costly external components. Partial reconfiguration enables designers to reconfigure part of the FPGA while other sections remain running.
High Bandwidth System Design Implementations with FPGA Webinar
Xilinx has a webinar titled, Accelerating High-Bandwidth System Design Implementations with FPGA-based platforms. The webcast will explain how the Targeted Reference Design, delivered through the Xilinx Connectivity Kits, jumpstarts application development by providing a complete design flow for an end-to-end system application — hardware design and RTL source files, simulation environment, implementation flows and scripts, software device driver source files, performance/status monitor application, and documentation.
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Pico Computing Achieves 280 Billion Keys/sec for 56-bit DES Decryption
Pico Computing has achieved a throughput of over 280 billion keys per second using a single, hardware-accelerated server. According to Pico Computing, this is the highest-known benchmark speeds for 56-bit DES decryption. The FPGA computing platform assembled by Pico Computing for this demonstration, based on 11 Pico EX-Series cards, reportedly consumes less than 1000 peak watts of power and fits into a single off-the-shelf 4U server.
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PICO Extreme 9.04 for FPGA C Synthesis
Synfora announced version 9.04 of their PICO Extreme and PICO Extreme FPGA C synthesis tools with enhanced support for C++ language constructs and new support for additional FPGA devices. Now users of FPGA and SOC devices can gain the productivity advantages of a C/C++ based design methodology for video, imaging, and wireless applications. Version 9.04 of PICO Extreme FPGA and PICO Extreme are available now.
Actel Meets SAE/AS9100 and ISO 9001 Standards
Actel has established ongoing compliance with both the SAE/AS9100 Aerospace Certification and the ISO 9001:2000 quality standards. The AS9100 standard was developed by Working Group 11 of ISO TC20 and was supported by the International Aerospace Quality Group in order to satisfy internal, government, and regulatory requirements.
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Features Actel ProASIC3 and ProASICPLUS FPGAs
Actel’s low-power ProASIC 3 and ProASICPLUS FPGA families have been designed into flight-critical applications on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial airliner. Flight computers, cockpit displays, engine control and monitoring systems, braking systems, safety warning systems, cabin pressurization and air conditioning systems, and power control and distribution systems all make use of Actel’s highly-reliable flash-based FPGAs. The commercial aircraft successfully completed its maiden test flight on December 15, 2009.
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Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs Qualify on UMC’s 40nm Process
The Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA family have fully qualified on UMC’s 40nm logic process. The qualification is the result of the close work between engineering teams from both companies to further enhance yield, reliability and cycle time. The full qualification of the Virtex-6 family signifies the transition to 40nm volume production following UMC’s first shipments of the devices in March 2009.
Pico Computing E-18 FPGA Development Card
The E-18 development card, from Pico Computing, is a compact, laptop compatible solution for FPGA development and for scalable parallel computing. The E-18 was developed as a next-generation replacement for the E-16 ExpressCard. The E-18 is an ideal for algorithm prototyping. It can also be deployed as a stand-alone embedded device or as part of an FPGA computing cluster.
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