STMicroelectronics SPEAr Basic Configurable SoC
The new SPEAr Basic device, from STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), is the newest member of the SPEAr® family of configurable System on-Chip ICs. The device is manufactured with low-power 65nm process technology. The SPEAr Basic is ideal for embedded applications, including entry-level printers, fax machines, digital photo frames, Voice-over-IP and other equipment. Samples are available now, [...]
XA Spartan-3E FPGA Companion Chip for Low-Power Intel IVI Reference Design
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) announced an integrated Xilinx(R) Automotive (XA) field programmable gate array (FPGA) and intellectual property (IP) solution for the Low-Power Intel(R) In-Vehicle Infotainment Reference Design (Low-Power Intel(R) IVI Reference Design) targeting automotive head units. The combination of the XA solution and Intel(R) Atom(TM) processor in the design provides system developers with improved [...]
Altera Stratix IV FPGAs and HardCopy IV ASICs
Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) announced the Stratix® IV FPGAs and HardCopy IV ASICs, which are the industry's first 40-nm FPGAs and HardCopy® ASICs. The Stratix IV family has up to 680K logic elements (LEs), 2X bigger than Altera's Stratix III family. The HardCopy IV ASIC family offers equivalent densities as the Stratix IV devices and features [...]
Xilinx Virtex-5 SX240T FPGA and Floating Point Operator IP Core v4
Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX) introduced the Virtex(R)-5 SX240T FPGA device and version v4.0 of the Floating-Point Operator (FPO) IP core. The SXT240T is the latest member of the 65nm Virtex-5 SXT FPGA platform, which is optimized for high-performance digital signal processing (DSP). With up to 528 GMACs of multiply-and-accumulate performance and over 190 GFLOPS of [...]
Altera Stratix III FPGAs Offer SGMII on LVDS I/Os
According to Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR), Stratix® III FPGAs now support Serial Gigabit Media Independent Interface (SGMII) on its LVDS I/Os. Offering interface speeds of 1.25 Gbps and meeting SGMII's stringent jitter performance requirements, Stratix III LVDS I/Os support triple-speed Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) interfaces without transceivers. Stratix III FPGAs are the industry's first programmable logic devices [...]
Lattice ispMACH 4000ZE Complex Programmable Logic Device
The 1.8-volt ispMACH® 4000ZE, from Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC), is a second-generation ultra low power Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLD) family. The in-system programmable CPLD family is ideal for low power, high volume portable applications, with typical standby current as low as 10µA. The cost optimized and feature rich ispMACH 4000ZE devices offer ultra-small, space [...]
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