SiliconBlue iCE65L01F-TCB81 and iCE65P04F-TCB121 FPGA Devices
SiliconBlue Technologies is offering their iCE65 mobileFPGA in two new device packages (iCE65L01F-TCB81 and iCE65P04F-TCB121). The new FPGA devices and SiliconBlue’s wafer-level chip scale packages are ideal for implementing a number of features including gyros, accelerometers, and dual displays. The iCE65L01F-TCB81 and the iCE65P04F-TCB121 FPGA devices are available now in volume production.
Altera Stratix V FPGA Devices Support RLDRAM 3 Memory
Altera have optimized their Stratix V FPGA devices to support Micron Technology’s reduced-latency DRAM (RLDRAM 3 memory). The changes made to the Stratix V memory architecture make the memory interface ideal for high performance networking applications. RLDRAM 3 memory is designed to meet the requirements of high-bandwidth networking applications and enable a faster, more efficient [...]
Xilinx Virtex-5QV Rad-Hard Reconfigurable FPGA
Xilinx introduced the Virtex-5QV high-density, rad-hard reconfigurable FPGA. The off-the-shelf Xilinx Virtex-5QV FPGA offers the industry’s highest density, performance and integration capabilities for complex systems that would otherwise require rad-hard ASIC devices with their high development costs and long lead times, or traditional one-time programmable (OTP) solutions. The Xilinx Virtex-5QV FPGA is ideal for low [...]
SiliconBlue iCE65L01 mobileFPGA Device in CS36 Package
The iCE65L01 mobileFPGA device, from SiliconBlue Technologies, is now available in a CS36 package. The entire iCE65L01 product line, consisting of the CB132, QN84, VQ100, and now the CS36 device, is production qualified and shipping in volume today. Unit price for the iCE65L01 FPGA in the CS36 device is $0.95 for 1 million unit annual [...]
Altera Arria II GZ FPGA and Enhanced Arria II GX FPGA
Altera has enhanced their Arria II GX FPGA variant with 6.375-Gbps transceivers and up to 1.25-Gbps LVDS support. Altera also introduced their new Arria II GZ FPGA variant. The Arria II GZ FPGA offers up to 24 6.375-Gbps transceivers, more density and memory, and higher digital signal processing (DSP) capabilities than Arria II GX FPGAs. [...]
Xilinx Virtex-7, Kintex-7, and Artix-7 FPGA Families
Xilinx launched the 7 Series of FPGA devices — Virtex-7, Kintex-7, and Artix-7 families. Xilinx 7 series FPGAs reduce total power consumption by 50% and feature up to 2 million logic cells. The Xilinx 7 series FPGAs are implemented on 28-nanometer (nm) process technology.The new FPGA families enable developers to implement programmable solutions in a [...]
Altera Rolls Out Stratix IV E EP4SE820 FPGA
Altera has begun production shipment of the Stratix IV E EP4SE820 FPGA device. The EP4SE820 is the highest density member of the 40-nm Stratix IV FPGA family and features 820K logic elements (LEs). The Altera Stratix IV E EP4SE820 FPGA is ideal for high-end applications that require high-density, high-performance and low-power FPGAs, including ASIC prototyping [...]
Xilinx Targeted Reference Designs Pass PCI-SIG Compliance Testing
During a recent PCI-SIG Compliance Workshop, Xilinx’s Spartan-6 FPGA Connectivity Targeted Reference Design passed the PCI-SIG compliance and interoperability testing for PCIe 1.1 single-lane configuration with on-chip GTP serial transceivers running at 2.5 Gbps. The Virtex-6 FPGA Connectivity Targeted Reference Design passed PCI-SIG compliance and interoperability testing for PCIe 2.0 x4-lane Gen2 configuration with the [...]
Altera 28nm Stratix V FPGA Family
Altera introduced the 28nm Stratix V FPGA family. The Stratix V FPGA family features up to 1.6 Tbps of serial switching capability; up to 1.1 million logic elements (LEs); 53-Mbits embedded memory; 3,680 18×18 multipliers; and integrated transceivers operating up to 28 Gbps. Samples of Stratix V FPGAs are expected in the first quarter of [...]
Stratix IV GT FPGAs Interoperate with Avago 40G QSFP Optical Modules
Altera announced the interoperability of the Stratix IV GT FPGAs with 40G Quad Small Form-Factor Pluggable (QSFP) optical modules from Avago Technologies. The 11.3-Gbps transceivers of the Stratix IV GT FPGAs enable designers to connect eight QSFP optical modules to a single FPGA and transport up to 320 Gbps of aggregate data in their system. [...]
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