Actel SmartFusion Evaluation and Development Kits
Actel introduced development tools for the SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs. The development environment includes the Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE) v9.0 with Synplify Pro and Identify from Synopsys, ModelSim from Mentor Graphics, and SoftConsole v3.1, Keil and IAR Systems software IDEs, plus access to leading RTOS and middleware from Micrium. The SmartFusion Evaluation Kit is available now for $99. The SmartFusion Development Kit is available now for $999.
inrevium TB-6V-LX240T, LX365T, LX550T, SX475T-PCIEXP FPGA Platforms
Tokyo Electron Device (TED) introduced the inrevium TB-6V-LX240T, LX365T, LX550T, and SX475T-PCIEXP series FPGA evaluation platforms. The FPGA evaluation platform features either Virtex-6 LXT or Virtex-6 SXT FPGA devices, 8-lane PCI Express Gen 2 interface, and 2-channel 1066 Mbps DDR3 SDRAM SO-DIMM high-speed memory interfaces. The inrevium TB-6V-LX240T, LX365T, LX550T, and SX475T-PCIEXP series will be available in mid-March 2010. The inrevium TB-6V- LX240T, LX365T, LX550T, and SX475T-PCIEXP are ideal for the development of high-performance graphics engines for next-generation televisions and multi-function printers, or for the high-speed arithmetic processing found in high-performance computing applications.
inrevium TB-6V-LX240T, LX365T, LX550T, SX475T-PCIEXP FPGA Platforms »
FPGA Virtual Summit
The FPGA Virtual Summit will take place 10:00 AM EDT on March 18, 2010. The FPGA Virtual Summit features five webinars. The webcast sessions cover key topics for FPGA design engineers, system architects, and engineering decision makers. The online event includes an executive round table that will discuss the future of FPGAs.
Altera Ships 40nm Arria II GX EP2AGX45 and EP2AGX65 FPGA Devices
The first members of Altera’s 40nm Arria II GX FPGA family is now shipping in volume production. The Arria II GX FPGAs now shipping in production include the EP2AGX45 and the EP2AGX65, featuring 45K logic elements (LEs) and 65K LEs, respectively. The Arria II GX device family is a low-power, low-cost and high-performance FPGA solution specifically targeting 3-Gbps transceiver applications.
Altera Ships 40nm Arria II GX EP2AGX45 and EP2AGX65 FPGA Devices »
Xilinx 28nm High-Performance, Low-Power Process for FPGA Devices
The exorbitant cost of designing and manufacturing ASICs, rapidly evolving standards, the need to reduce bill of materials, and the need for both hardware and software programmability, all in the face of rough economic times and reduced staffing – are converging to create an environment where electronics product designers are increasingly looking to FPGAs as alternatives to ASICs and ASSPs. Xilinx calls the convergence of these trends the Programmable Imperative.
Xilinx 28nm High-Performance, Low-Power Process for FPGA Devices »
GateRocket RocketVision 5.0 FPGA Debug Solution
GateRocket launched version 5.0 of the RocketVision debugging software. RocketVision 5.0 enables engineers to select individual design blocks to run in their simulator or GateRocket’s RocketDrive hardware verification system. RocketVision 5.0 helps designers find and fix bugs faster, and avoid unnecessary re-runs of time-consuming synthesis-to-place-and-route iterations, reducing overall design bring-up time by 50% or more compared to traditional approaches. RocketVision 5.0 is a RocketDrive option and is available immediately with a starting price of $9,500.
Xilinx Selects Samsung Foundry 28nm HKMG Process Technology for FPGA
Xilinx selected Samsung Electronics as their foundry partner for 28nm high-k metal gate (HKMG) process technology manufacturing optimized for a balance of performance and power efficiency. The 28nm HKMG process technology of Samsung Foundry enables Xilinx to implement a new generation of FPGAs that offer up to 50% lower power savings over devices built on the previous 45nm technology node.
Xilinx Selects Samsung Foundry 28nm HKMG Process Technology for FPGA »
Actel at Embedded World 2010
Actel will demonstrate embedded technologies and mixed-signal FPGAs at the Embedded World 2010 exhibition and conference (March 2-4, 2010 in Nuremberg, Germany). At Embedded World, designers will learn how Actel’s solutions offer embedded system designers the ability to integrate multiple functions and applications into a single device, and offer maximum flexibility, faster time-to-market and reduced power consumption.
CoWare SPW 2010.1 Release
CoWare announced the 2010.1 release of CoWare SPW products. The SPW 2010.1 release advances the LTE (Long Term Evolution) Wireless Reference Library and adds a complete Xilinx implementation flow that includes direct source translation technology from C Data Flow (CDF) into RTL. The CoWare SPW 2010.1 release is available immediately. With this release, CoWare has reverted back to the product’s original SPW name (previously Signal Processing Designer, SPD).
Programming High Performance Signal Processing Systems
Vinod Kathail, Chief Technology Officer at Synfora, will take part in a panel discussion at the ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA 2010). The panel will discuss the use of high-level languages in the programming of high-performance signal processing systems for FPGAs. The event will take place Monday, February 22, 2010 at the Monterey Beach Resort in Monterey, California.
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