Xilinx claimed its choice of a high-k process along with transistor design changes and partial reconfiguration will achieve static and dynamic power savings in what will be its broadest range of FPGAs
SiliconBlue has improved its iCE65 family with 30% faster I/O, PLLs and density over 12,000 logic cells while keeping static power below 50µA.
What can be said with certainty is that FPGA vendors are now expected to provide embedded microprocessor cores, tools, peripherals and other intellectual property (IP), interconnect IP, reference designs and libraries to implement silicon platforms based on those cores. All these cores can be referred to as “processor IP”
Altera is looking to three tricks to take full advantage of the move to a 28nm process which is expected to become commercially available next year.
This marks volume production of the 40nm Virtex-6 FPGAs which were first announced last March
Polish processor intellectual property (IP) provider Evatronix, and German mixed signal foundry Landshut have signed a co-operation deal.
Achronix Semiconductor's Speedster 1.5GHz FPGA is in commercial production at TSMC through manufacturing services company, eSilicon
The supply chain has less visibility that ever before. Why? Because no one knows what the “new normal” is, says Actel CEO, John East
The FPGA supplier has introduced a range of “out-of-the-box” development kits for its Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 device families. The intention is to provide a hardware reference design board and validated software for new designs targeting applications ranging from a wireless controller node to a PCIe/gigabit Ethernet bridge
The low power FPGA start-up company, SiliconBlue, is shipping in volume to more than ten customers – the first time a start-up programmable logic company has got such a degree of market traction for over 20 years
