Altera Stratix IV FPGA Devices Support 10-Gbps Interlaken Interface
Altera Stratix IV FPGAs passed the Interlaken Alliance’s device interoperability testing. Altera certified their FPGAs interface with third-party components using the Interlaken protocol. Stratix IV GT FPGAs passed interoperability testing at 6.25-Gbps line rates. According to Altera, their FPGA devices are the only Interlaken solution capable of supporting line rates of 10 Gbps. Device interoperability [...]
Xilinx Optimizes Spartan-6 FPGAs to Reduce System Cost
Xilinx has optimized the Xilinx Automotive (XA) family of Spartan-6 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for applications requiring high-speed connectivity and high-resolution video performance. The automotive-qualified devices provide the flexibility, scalability, and integration needed to reduce the system cost of automotive infotainment, driver assistance, driver information, and in-vehicle networking products. Shipments of select XA Spartan-6 [...]
Actel SmartFusion Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGA Devices
Actel launched SmartFusion, which is industry first intelligent mixed signal FPGA. SmartFusion devices feature Actel’s ProASIC 3 FPGA architecture, a complete microcontroller subsystem built around a hard ARM Cortex-M3 processor, and programmable analog blocks on a flash process. SmartFusion devices are ideal for motor control, system and power management and industrial automation. SmartFusion A2F200 devices [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Xilinx Ships Virtex-6 LX760 FPGA Devices
Initial Xilinx Virtex-6 LX760 FPGA samples are now shipping. Virtex-6 LX760 devices enable engineers who need raw logic density and I/O performance to get started on their projects today using the Xilinx ISE Design Suite 11.4. According to Xilinx, Virtex-6 LX760 is the largest FPGA available for delivery with immediate design tool support. The Virtex-6 [...]
SiliconBlue Technologies iCE65L01 mobileFPGA Device
SiliconBlue Technologies introduced the iCE65L01 mobileFPGA device. The iCE65L01 mobileFPGA device offers the benefits of programmability and time-to-market to handheld, mobile product designers. The ASIC-like cost, high logic capacity, ultra-low power, and advanced-package technology of the iCE65 devices provides the scalability required for designers to implement features that differentiate their products. The iCE65L01 features 1,280 [...]
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