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Altera acquires power technology innovator Enpirion
May 15, 2013
Altera Corporation has signed a definitive merger agreement to acquire Enpirion, Inc., the industry’s leading provider of high-efficiency, integrated power conversion products known as PowerSoCs (power system-on-chip).
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EBV Elektronik launches 'SoCrates' board for Altera’s NewSoC families
May 7, 2013
Avnet distribution company EBV Elektronik has launched the ‘SoCrates’ development board.
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Low cost FPGA development kit includes optimised SoC debug tools
April 23, 2013
Altera has launched its Cyclone V SoC Development Kit to provide a development platform that enables hardware and software developers to accelerate their embedded systems design development.
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Compiler partitioning tool now supports Virtex-7 FPGA-based FPGA platforms
April 16, 2013
Flexras Technologies has released version 3.2 of its Wasga Compiler Design Suite for FPGA-based prototyping. This new release supports the Xilinx Virtex-7 FPGA and includes new features that accelerate SoC rapid prototyping.
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Mouser agrees global distribution deal with Terasic Technologies for Altera FPGA design solutions
April 16, 2013
Mouser Electronics, Inc. has signed a new global distribution agreement with Terasic Technologies, a world innovator in FPGA design solutions. The Terasic product line-up includes FPGA based and programmable logic devices.
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2.5x2.5mm FPGA draws only 25-microwatt for portable systems
March 13, 2013
Lattice Semiconductor's iCE40 LP384 FPGA is the smallest member of the company’s expanding iCE40 family of ultra-low density FPGAs.
Read more FPGA mezzanine cards support JESD204B-compatible A/D converter-to-FPGA connectivity
March 5, 2013
Analog Devices has released FPGA development platform-compatible FPGA mezzanine cards (FMC) incorporating JEDEC JESD204B SerDes (serialiser/de-serialiser) technology for the rapid prototyping of high-speed JESD204B A/D converter-to-FPGA platforms.
Read more FPGA mezzanine card rapid prototyping kit simplifies JESD204B-compatible A/D converter-to-FPGA connectivity
February 26, 2013
Analog Devices, Inc. has unveiled a new addition to the company’s line of FPGA development platform-compatible FPGA mezzanine cards (FMC) incorporating JEDEC JESD204B SerDes (serialiser/de-serialiser) technology.
Read more MSC Gleichmann offers low price on Lattice FPGA development kit and Diamond design software
February 22, 2013
MSC Gleichmann, is running the 'Re-surge' campaign for Lattice Semiconductor, offering the ECP3 Versa Development Kit for the price of $99.
Read more FPGA configurator for Altera FPGAs fits in a 13x13mm BGA package
February 8, 2013
Interconnect Systems' FC512 FPGA configurator integrates a CPLD and 512 Mb of QSPI Flash into a single 13x13mm BGA package to minimize PCB board space and reduce design complexity.
Read more Lattice upgrades FPGA design software
January 31, 2013
The folks at Lattice Semiconductor have just announced an array of advancements to their software platforms, debuting new versions of the Lattice Diamond and iCEcube2 design tools.
Read more Aldec optimizes FPGA routing resources for power and performance gains
December 20, 2012
Aldec Europe release s the ALINT 2012.12, an advanced static design analysis and checking solution that decreases verification time by identifying critical issues early in the RTL design phase of ASIC and FPGA designs.
Read more Virtex 7 2000T multi FPGA-based prototyping system
December 4, 2012
Company Pro Design has released a new product family of FPGA based prototyping systems called "proFPGA" consisting of two types of motherboards (duo/quad), different kind of FPGA modules with latest Virtex 7 technology, a set of interconnection boards/cables, and various daughter boards.
Read more EnSilica relocates to new, larger headquarters to support expansion plans
November 21, 2012
EnSilica, a leading independent provider of IC design services and system solutions, has relocated its global headquarters to larger premises in Wokingham, UK, to support the company’s continuing expansion and growth.
Read more Premier Farnell completes global franchise deal with Lattice Semiconductor
November 12, 2012
Premier Farnell plc has signed a new global franchise agreement with Lattice Semiconductor, the provider of innovative, low cost, low power FPGA and power management design solutions.
Read more RFEL offers FPGA benefits to ARM software developers
November 5, 2012
RFEL has extended the company’s design service range to include Xilinx's Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC. The decision merges together a powerful ARM multicore processing system with the latest, high speed, Xilinx 28 nm FPGA programmable logic into a single chip.
Read more High speed data converter simplifies FPGA interconnect design
October 8, 2012
Analog Devices has launched a dual-channel, 14bit, 250MSPS, analog-to-digital converter that connects seamlessly to high-speed FPGAs and enables precise multi-channel converter synchronisation.
Read more Microsemi heads for the mainstream with next generation flash FPGA
October 8, 2012
Microsemi is aiming to take on Xilinx and Altera in mainstream industrial and safety-critical applications with a new generation of its SmartFusion flash-based FPGA.
Read more Aldec enters ASIC prototyping market with system that offers 96m ASIC gate capacity
September 17, 2012
Aldec Europe has introduced an FPGA-based ASIC/SoC prototyping system that provides hardware verification and software verification teams with a versatile solution; and which lowers the cost of the prototyping process.
Read more Chip embedded instruments extended to the Altera ArriaV FPGA Series
September 4, 2012
Goepel electronic has released its first ChipVORX model libraries for the new generation of Arria V GX FPGA devices from Altera supporting embedded test and embedded programming.
Read more Lattice reveals promotional pricing for iCEblink40 evaluation kits
August 28, 2012
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has unveiled promotional pricing for the company’s new iCEblink40 Evaluation Kits.
Read more High-speed PCB design and FPGA collaboration tool
July 31, 2012
Zuken has released CR-5000 version 14 of its advanced PCB and IC Package design software, with significant productivity enhancements for greater collaboration in FPGA development and for high-speed design.
Read more High reliability FPGAs complete 26 million device-hours of FPGA reliability testing
July 18, 2012
Microsemi Corporation has completed reliability testing of Microsemi's commercial-grade Axcelerator FPGAs. The tests lasted more than four years with an accumulated total of more than 26 million device-hours of testing without a single antifuse failure.
Read more New software release unleashes design tools for low cost, low power LatticeECP4 FPGA family
July 16, 2012
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has released version 2.0 of the company’s Lattice Diamond design software, the flagship design environment for Lattice FPGA products.
Read more Reconfigurable enables on-the-fly adjustment of space applications
July 16, 2012
Atmel Corporation’s Atmel ATF697FF is the newest member of the Atmel SPARC V8 processor family and claims to be the industry’s first radiation-hardened (RAD Hard) high-performance aerospace microprocessor that can be reconfigured on-the-fly.
Read more High performance 40GbE and 100GbE designs with latest IP cores
July 12, 2012
Altera has launched 40Gbps Ethernet (40GbE) and 100Gbps Ethernet (100GbE) intellectual property (IP) cores for its Stratix IV and V FPGA devices
Read more OpenCL emerges for FPGA high level design
July 11, 2012
In the debate about high-level design, a new standard is emerging for FPGA designers to use alongside VHDL, Verilog and System C to bridge the gap.
Read more Maxim unveils collection of analog and mixed-signal peripheral modules to enable lower cost rapid prototyping with FPGAs
July 3, 2012
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. has unveiled a collection of 15 analog and mixed-signal peripheral modules which plug directly into any FPGA/CPU expansion port that follows the Digilent Pmod standard.
Read more Altera FPGA development platform targets SD and HD video
June 22, 2012
SingMai Electronics has introduced a range of low cost boards targeted at SD and HD video development, based around an Altera EP3C25 Cyclone III FPGA which has the sufficient resources to run all of the SingMai video IP cores.
Read more Dual, 16-bit, 1.25-GSPS, DAC incorporates a JESD204 serial input to simplify the FPGA interface
June 18, 2012
Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced a performance-leading 16-bit, 1.25-GSPS transmit D/A converter (DAC) with integrated complex digital modulation functionality, and featuring a JESD204A-compatible serial input.
Read more INTEGRITY moves onto Xilinx Zynq FPGAs
June 18, 2012
Green Hills Software has ported its real-time operating system (RTOS) platforms, high speed JTAG and trace-enabled processor probes and integrated development environment to the Xilinx Zynq-7000 extensible processing platform (EPP).
Read more Dolphin Integration selects LFoundry for defense and industrial markets
June 11, 2012
Dolphin Integration has just established a partnership with LFoundry for the integration of its SoCs, ASICs and FPGA to ASIC migration on LFoundry's LF150 technology.
Read more First samples of low cost, low power LatticeECP4 FPGAs start shipping
June 7, 2012
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has begun shipping the highest density member of the company’s next generation LatticeECP4 FPGA family to select customers.
Read more Xilinx ships world’s first heterogeneous 3D FPGA with 28 Gbps transceivers
June 1, 2012
Xilinx announced initial shipments of its Virtex-7 H580T FPGA, the world's first 3D heterogeneous all programmable product.
Read more Automatic partitioning tool boosts FPGA-based prototyping performance by 10X
May 29, 2012
The Wasga Compiler from Flexras Technologies is a software tool designed to boost multi-FPGA design performance.
Read more AdvancedMC module provides affordable FPGA performance and flexible I/O
May 22, 2012
CommAgility in Loughborough, UK, has developed an AdvancedMC FPGA module with an extensive set of high speed I/O for maximum flexibility in interfacing for applications such as wireless, general-purpose FPGA acceleration and I/O processing.
Read more Cadence expands system and SoC verification offerings to accelerate system integration and reduce time to market
May 16, 2012
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is releasing a new in-circuit acceleration based on the Incisive and Palladium XP platforms for the company’s System Development Suite.
Read more Kintex-7 FPGA based reconfigurable XMC platform
May 16, 2012
Alpha Data has launched the ADM-XRC-7K1, the first in a range of new products based on 28nm Xilinx 7 series FPGA technology.
Read more ISI Establishes Near Sensor Computing Business Unit
May 16, 2012
Interconnect Systems has established a new business unit for Near Sensor Computing, blending its advanced packaging expertise with FPGA system design to develop and manufacture miniaturized solutions.
Read more Synopsys extends HAPS debug visibility by 100X in FPGA-based prototypes
April 26, 2012
Synopsys has released a new Deep Trace Debug feature for users of its HAPS FPGA based prototyping systems. With HAPS Deep Trace Debug, prototypers can take advantage of approximately 100 times more signal storage capacity than the traditional memory storage employed by on chip FPGA logic debuggers.
Read more Xilinx unveils a low-cost RTL synthesis tool optimized for the fabric of its 28nm FPGAs
April 25, 2012
Claiming a 4x productivity advantage over competing development environments, Xilinx has announced a new IP and system-centric design environment built from the ground up to accelerate design productivity for what the company describes as the next decade of 'All-Programmable' devices.
Read more 22nm FPGA maker takes on Xilinx and Altera
April 24, 2012
Achronix Semiconductor has launched a family of 22nm high density FPGA devices to take on market leaders Xilinx and Altera.
Read more Xilinx breaks the 2 Tbps bandwidth barrier with transceiver-packed Virtex-7 X690T FPGAs
March 30, 2012
Xilinx announced the first shipments of its Virtex-7 X690T FPGA, combining what the company claims to be the industry's most reliable high-speed serial transceivers, highest system bandwidth, and market-optimized FPGA resources.
Read more New seminar series focuses on entry-level FPGA design
March 14, 2012
MSC and eVision Systems are jointly organizing one-day seminars for easy entry into the FPGA design with VHDL using the example of MachXO2 devices from Lattice.
Read more Lattice supports new MIPI BIF standard
March 1, 2012
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has adopted the MIPI Battery Interface (BIF) standard within the iCE40 mobileFPGA family of products. As an industry-created and adopted standard, the MIPI BIF single-wire specification accelerates the design and use of smart batteries in mobile devices.
Read more Serial interfaces for high speed ADCs
February 27, 2012
In medical applications such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, CT scanners, and digital X-ray, high channel count analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are used to sample large arrays of data. Serial interfaces are used to acquire the sampled data to reduce the number of pins on the ADC and FPGA. In addition, routing of a high speed serial interface saves board space.
Read more Plextek works with Kelvin Hughes to deliver advanced FPGA based signal processing platform
February 13, 2012
Cambridge design house, Plextek, has worked with Kelvin Hughes, a world leader in the design and supply of marine navigation systems, to develop an advanced FPGA based signal processing platform.
Read more Analog Devices’ FMC boards support Xilinx’s FPGA targeted design platforms to help designers cut development times
January 31, 2012
Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced two data converter FMC boards (FPGA mezzanine cards) that connect to Xilinx Inc’s new 28 nm 7 series FPGA (field programmable gate array) evaluation kits. ADI’s high-speed AD9739A D/A converter and AD9467 A/D converter FMC boards support multiple generations of Xilinx kits - including the company’s new Kintex-7 FPGA evaluation kits Xilinx.
Read more Full featured analog front end supports DSP/FPGA/microcontroller based systems
January 30, 2012
CML Microcircuits has introduced the CMX7861 FirmCODEC which is a full featured analog front end for DSP/FPGA/Microcontroller based systems. The device is a combination of codec, embedded signal processing and auxiliary system support functions, allowing simple interfacing between analog and digital systems that together improve overall system performance, reduce development time and overall system cost.
Read more Lattice extends FPGA family's power efficiency, package size and performance
January 25, 2012
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is adding low power, high speed, and mini package additions to the company’s LatticeECP3 FPGA family. The new value added devices are ideal for power and space limited applications in professional cameras, surveillance cameras, medical imaging, video communication, and small-form-factor wireline and wireless appliances.
Read more TTTech to develop ARINC 664 IP for Xilinx FPGAs
January 16, 2012
Vienna-based TTTech has joined the Xilinx Alliance Program to develop ARINC 664 and TTEthernet IP for the Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms. The company is a leading supplier of reliable embedded networking based on time-triggered technology and modular safety platforms and is is initially focussing on providing ARINC 664 compliant network controller IP for Xilinx FPGA devices, with certification artefacts according to DO-254 DAL A. The future plan is to extend the offering to TTEthernet IP.
Read more Lattice Diamond design software accelerates FPGA design optimization for low power applications
December 13, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is releasing 1.4 of its Lattice Diamond design software, the design environment for Lattice FPGA products. Users of Lattice Diamond 1.4 software will benefit from several usability enhancements that make FPGA design exploration easier and reduce time to market.
Read more Lattice Semiconductor plans to acquire SiliconBlue Technologies
December 12, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SiliconBlue Technologies, a pioneer in Custom Mobile Device solutions for the consumer handheld market. Utilizing a single chip, ultra-low power Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) fabric, SiliconBlue's mobileFPGA devices enable mobile designers to quickly add features to their mobile platform in areas such as connectivity, memory / storage, sensor management, and video / imaging.
Read more PMIC simplifies power design and system voltage management for TI’s 32-bit microcontrollers
November 23, 2011
Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a complete power management solution for TI’s C2000 real-time control, 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) and other DSP and FPGA processors. The TPS75005 highly integrated power circuit comes in a thermally enhanced 5-mm x 5-mm QFN package, combining two low-noise, 500-mA low-dropout linear regulators (LDOs) and three supply voltage supervisors to provide +/-5 percent power-rail accuracy for TI’s F2833x, F2823x, F281x, F2801x and F280x microcontroller series.
Read more FPGA-based prototyping tool improves speed and turnaround time
November 18, 2011
Synopsys has updated its Identify and Certify FPGA-based prototyping tools to speed up the simulation and add incremental compilation.
Read more Semtech accelerates time to market of RF ASIC development with Model-Based Design tools
November 2, 2011
Semtech Corporation has used MathWorks's MATLAB and Simulink products to reduce development time of optimized digital receivers in wireless RF devices. Semtech adopted Model-Based Design tools to create FPGA prototypes 50% faster than before, reduce verification time from weeks to days and shorten development time by 33%.
Read more HDL-based FPGA design and simulation solution
November 2, 2011
Aldec announced the immediate availability of Active-HDL version 9.1, an HDL-based FPGA design and simulation solution that supports the newest FPGA devices available from all leading FPGA vendors. The high-performance, mixed-language solution interfaces with nearly one hundred (100) third party vendor tools and provides FPGA designers a single platform that can be used independently of the targeted FPGA design flow.
Read more Lattice partners Valens Semiconductor to create reference design for the surveillance camera market
October 31, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation and Valens Semiconductor have developed a new and comprehensive HDBaseT camera reference design solution. The HDBaseT reference design is targeted at the surveillance market.
Read more Xilinx partners Cadence to introduce an Extensible Virtual Platform for software developers
October 27, 2011
Xilinx, Inc., is teaming up with Cadence Design Systems, Inc., to develop the industry’s first virtual platform to enable system design, software development, and testing of Xilinx Zynq-7000 Extensible Processing Platform (EPP) based systems in advance of hardware availability. The solution further enhances the development environment being put into place for Xilinx’s ARM processor-based processing platform and changes the development flow for embedded designers, enabling software content to drive hardware design.
Read more FPGA rivals continue to play ‘follow the leader’
October 25, 2011
Xilinx has announced it is now shipping the Virtex-7 2000T, which uses a stacked silicon approach to create a device with 6.8 billion transistors. It shatters Altera’s previous title of producing the industry’s most integrated device; a title it claimed with the Stratix V, which integrates 3.9 billion transistors, although it may argue that it still holds that crown.
Read more Full HD video analytics on an FPGA
October 19, 2011
Altera and Eutecus have announced what they believe is the world's first 1080p/30fps video analytics solution on an FPGA. Altera says the single-chip solution provides a new level of video analytics performance, combining exceptionally high throughput (60-Mpixel per second) with pixel precision detail not possible with traditional digital signal processing (DSP)-based approaches.
Read more Gennum and Altera demonstrate 4 x 25 Gb/s ICs for 100 Gb/s networks
September 20, 2011
Bolstering the ecosystem for next-generation 4 x 25 Gb/s based optical transceivers, Gennum Corporation and Altera Corporation have demonstrated interoperability of Gennum's 25 to 28 Gb/s PHY with Altera's 28 Gb/s enabled Stratix V GT FPGA at the European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communication (ECOC).
Read more Xilinx FPGA shows 3-D IC progress
September 9, 2011
Xilinx will sample this fall an FPGA that packs two million logic cells thanks to use of an emerging stacked silicon interconnect. The chip shows progress in so-called 2.5-generation silicon interposer techniques, but Xilinx and others cautioned many challenges are still ahead for making full 3-D stacks using through silicon vias (TSVs).
Read more RF Engines offers FPGA performance gains with 52-Gsps Pipeline FFT cores
September 7, 2011
RF Engines Limited (RFEL) has set what the company believes to be an unprecedented performance benchmark for commercially available Pipeline Fast Fourier Transform (PFFT) cores on FPGA. The HyperSpeed Plus cores have been proven to process complex data streams in continuous real-time at data rates in excess of 52 Giga samples per second for a 2048 point FFT implemented on a Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA device.
Read more Silica Launches EMEA SpeedWay Design Workshops
August 24, 2011
Distributor Silica will host a series of SpeedWay Design Workshops featuring the low-cost Xilinx Spartan-6 FPGA LX9 MicroBoard in Europe including Germany, UK, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland and Italy. The European workshops are part of a global technical tour launched by Avnet Electronics Marketing, an operating group of Avnet.
Read more Triad offers 1 million gates plus analog
July 26, 2011
Triad Semiconductor Inc., whose via-configurable arrays offer programmable analog with a microcontroller, has announced the availability of its largest configurable array to date, the VCA-6, with more than one million ASIC gates.
Read more Microsemi offers FreeRTOS support for SmartFusion cSoC devices
July 25, 2011
Microsemi Corporation's SmartFusion customizable system-on-chip (cSoC) devices are now supported by FreeRTOS, a scaleable real time kernel designed specifically for small embedded systems that can be used in any type of application.
Read more New release of design software delivers more robust designs for low power, cost sensitive FPGA applications
July 18, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has release 1.3 of its Lattice Diamond design software, the flagship design environment for Lattice FPGA products. Users of Lattice Diamond 1.3 software will benefit from major new features, including clock jitter analysis. Lattice Diamond 1.3 software is also now integrated with Lattice's PAC-Designer 6.1 mixed signal design tools which provide design support for Lattice's programmable mixed signal Platform Manager devices.
Read more Mixed signal design software simplifies platform management design
July 18, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has released 6.1 of its PAC-Designer mixed signal design software, with updated support for Lattice's Platform Manager, Power Manager II and ispClock devices. Users designing with Platform Manager devices will now have access to the Lattice Diamond 1.3 software design environment.
Read more Lattice unveils first PCI Express 2.0 compliant low cost FPGA
July 6, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor’s LatticeECP3 FPGA family is compliant with the PCI Express 2.0 specification at 2.5 Gbps. The LatticeECP3 FPGA and its PCI Express (PCIe) IP core passed PCI-SIG PCIe v2.0 compliance and interoperability testing for 1- and 4-lane configurations at a recent PCI-SIG workshop, ensuring that Lattice’s solution is interoperable with existing PCIe 2.0 supported systems.
Read more FPGA startup Silicon Blue snags more funding
July 1, 2011
Consumer-focused programmable logic startup SiliconBlue Technologies Ltd., said it closed $18 million in series D venture capital funding from five separate funds.
Read more Low voltage output DC-DC converter offers solutions for high reliability spacecraft applications
June 30, 2011
International Rectifier has introduced the GH Series of radiation hardened (RAD-Hard) DC-DC converters. The new 50 W devices are designed to maximize efficiency for onboard spacecraft applications requiring long mission life up to 15 years.
Read more NI expands FPGA range
June 3, 2011
National Instruments has expanded its NI FlexRIO product line with six new adapter modules featuring FPGA-based reconfigurable I/O to deliver enhanced functionality for general-purpose automated test and high-speed digital communication. The NI FlexRIO family combines NI LabVIEW FPGA technology with high-speed, user-configurable I/O on the PXI platform.
Read more EBV Elektronik launches evaluation platform for industrial communications
June 2, 2011
EBV Elektronik has announced the Caribou board as a development and evaluation platform for industrial communications. It is based on an OMAP L138 / AM1808 ARM microprocessor from Texas Instruments, together with an Altera Cyclone III FPGA and analog interfaces from Texas Instruments.
Read more Lattice Semiconductor agrees global distribution deal with Digi-Key
May 31, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has signed a global distribution agreement with Digi-Key Corporation which authorizes Digi-Key to sell Lattice's complete portfolio of innovative low power, low cost FPGA, PLD and programmable power management design solutions.
Read more IEEE-1588 timing node system IP core for the LatticeECP3 and LatticeECP2M FPGAs
May 3, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor and Oregano Systems Design & Consulting announced the immediate availability of three comprehensive versions of the IEEE-1588 Timing Node System IP core for the LatticeECP3 and LatticeECP2M FPGA families. These SoC-class versions of the IP core are characterized by different levels of functionality and performance.
Read more Lattice unveils 4 x 3.125-Gbps SRIO capability on its ECP3 FPGA family
May 2, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has unveiled a 4 x 3.125Gbps version of the Serial RapidIO 2.1, Level 1 endpoint core utilizing the award winning LatticeECP3 FPGA family. The device is an extension of the SRIO v2.1 core that originally supported 1x and 2x up to 3.125 Gbps and 4x up to 2.5 Gbps.
Read more Lattice Diamond design software delivers enhanced support for low power MachXO2 PLD family
April 18, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has unveiled release 1.2 of the company’s Lattice Diamond FPGA design software tool suite. Users of the new MachXO2 PLD devices can now generate complete systems based on the LatticeMico8 open source 8-bit controller core using the LatticeMico System tool, which is available with the Lattice Diamond design environment.
Read more Lattice cuts cost of development kit
April 18, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor has announced the immediate availability of its LatticeECP3 Versa Development Kit for a promotional price of $99. It anticipates the kit will allow mainstream customers to inexpensively evaluate the capabilities of its LatticeECP3 FPGAs, such as configurable SERDES,
cascadable DSP slices and high-speed DDR3 memory controllers.
Read more Lattice Semiconductor sign EMEA distribution deal with Arrow Electronics
April 14, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor and Arrow Electronics EMEA have a distribution agreement for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, USA, Lattice is a supplier of innovative low power, low cost FPGA, PLD and programmable power management design solutions. With development, manufacturing and sales offices worldwide, Lattice primarily addresses customers in communications, computing, consumer and industrial end markets.
Read more Xilinx buys optical transport chip vendor
April 4, 2011
FPGA vendor Xilinx Inc., has acquired Omiino Ltd., a Belfast telecommunications startup for an undisclosed amount, according to local reports. Xilinx follows AppliedMicro and Altera as an acquirer of companies that developed optical transport IP and implemented it in FPGAs.
Read more Altera charts new course for FPGA industry with optical innovation
March 30, 2011
Envisioning a world that matches bandwidth capacity with the imagination of application and content developers, Altera Corporation has announced plans for optically interconnected programmable devices.
Read more New compression and encryption IP cores support the LatticeECP3 FPGA family
March 28, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has partnered Helion Technology to provide a portfolio of Compression and Encryption IP cores for the LatticeECP3 FPGA family. The portfolio features a Payload Compression System core that enables improved utilization of constrained channel bandwidth, making it ideal for use in Microwave Backhaul applications, Broadband Wireless Access for 802.16e (WiMAX), and, potentially, other Multi-Link Multi-In Multi-Out (MIMO) applications.
Read more Altera launches new University Program FPGA development board
March 17, 2011
In collaboration with Altera’s University Program, Terasic Technologies has announced the release of Altera’s newest University Program FPGA development board, the DE0-Nano. Measuring just 49x75.2mm and weighing about 40 grams, the DE0-Nano board is well-suited to a wide range of portable design projects, such as robotics applications.
Read more First low-power, real-time video processing engine utilizes LatticeXP2 FPGAs
March 15, 2011
Thruput Ltd has chosen Lattice Semiconductor's LatticeXP2 FPGAs for use in MIDAS, the first low-power, lossless real time video processing platform. Boasting an impressive eight dual-link inputs and driving up to three full resolution monitors, the Thruput MIDAS delivers over two billion pixels per second of silent processing power.
Read more Production-ready kit and FPGA reference design accelerate full HD HDR camera designs
March 2, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has released the Lattice HDR-60 Video Camera Development Kit, a production-ready High Definition (HD) video camera development system based on the LatticeECP3 FPGA family.
Read more Synopsys rolls lithography rule checker
March 2, 2011
EDA and IP vendor Synopsys has introduced a new lithography rule check (LRC) tool for lithography verification.
Read more Lattice releases five new IP suites for the LatticeECP3 FPGA family
February 7, 2011
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has unveiled five new comprehensive Intellectual Property (IP) Suites to accelerate the design of electronic systems in a variety of industries using the LatticeECP3 FPGA family. The five IP suites are PCI Express, Ethernet Networking, Digital Signal Processing, Video & Display, and Value.
Read more Xilinx CTO: FPGA can drive the crossover SoC
February 3, 2011
Ivo Bolsens, chief technology officer of field programmable gate array vendor Xilinx Inc., sees a future where FPGAs are a fundamental part of the system-on-chip, either merged monolithically with software programmable microprocessor cores or making use of multi-die configurations in three dimensional system-in-packages.
Read more Microsemi adopts Sibridge Technologies' verification IPs
December 13, 2010
Microsemi Corporation has adopted Sibridge Technologies' Verification Intellectual Property (VIP) to reduce time to market for its innovative FPGA and customizable SoC products. Sibridge Technologies is a provider of innovative ASIC/FPGA, design and verification IPs and embedded systems solutions.
Read more Lattice unveils first low cost FPGA to support Broadcom HiGig protocol
November 29, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has added the HiGig MAC IP core to low cost LatticeECP3 FPGA family. Multiple individual devices interconnected via the HiGig protocol operate as one logical network, seamlessly providing features like quality of service (QoS), mirroring and link aggregation.
Read more Easics and Icsense pool expertise to offer mixed-signal ASICS solutions
November 23, 2010
Analog IC design house, ICsense, and digital ASIC and FPGA design design house, Easics, are entering into partnership agreement which will pool their expertise to offer their customers high-quality, best-of-class mixed-signal ASIC applications.
Read more Version 1.1 of Lattice Diamond FPGA design software supports new MachXO2 PLD family
November 8, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has released Version 1.1 of the company’s Lattice Diamond FPGA design software, the flagship design environment for Lattice FPGA products. The update includes support for the new MachXO2 PLD family, completion of support for the LatticeECP3 FPGA family, and the initial release of Lattice’s own synthesis engine with support for the MachXO and MachXO2 product families.
Read more FPGA-based PCI Express Root Complex Lite solution support s intelligent bridging functions
November 2, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is announcing the immediate availability of the PCI Express Root Complex (RC) Lite solution based on the LatticeECP3 and LatticeECP2M FPGA families for use in simple bridging application to any legacy host bus. Using a low cost programmable FPGA platform, designers can implement the specific bridge function that matches the interface available on their particular host CPU.
Read more CommAgility and N.A.T. selects for IDT Serial RapidIO Gen2 switch to support next-generation designs
October 6, 2010
The CPS-1848 Serial RapidIO Gen2 switch, developed by Integrated Device Technology, Inc., is aiming to provide the foundation for an evolving Serial RapidIO ecosystem and is being rapidly adopted by several vendors, including CommAgility and N.A.T.
Read more Microsemi buys Actel for $430 million
October 4, 2010
The analog and mixed-signal chip maker has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Actel Corp. for $20.88 per share through a cash tender offer. The total transaction value is approximately $430 million, net of Actel's projected cash balance at closing.
Read more Actel reveals SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGA motor control reference designs
September 21, 2010
Actel Corporation has unveiled new SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGA reference designs targeting motor control applications.
Read more Lattice unveils low cost programmable SPI-4.2 solution
September 20, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has introduced the company's full rate SPI-4.2 solution based on a low cost, low power FPGA fabric.
Read more Actel releases SmartFusion A2F500 development kit
September 17, 2010
Actel is releasing the A2F500 Development Kit to take advantage of the highest density member of the company's SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGA family.
Read more ADI partners Altera to streamline wireless infrastructure system development
August 10, 2010
Analog Devices, Inc., has introduced a high-performance development platform for wireless infrastructure equipment designers who need to quickly evaluate systems using DPD (digital pre-distortion) techniques in multi-carrier cellular base stations.
Read more Multi-carrier MS-DPD development platform aims to streamline base station design process
July 27, 2010
Analog Devices, Inc. has collaborated with industry leading programmable-logic vendor Xilinx Inc. to introduce a radio architecture development platform that helps multi-carrier cellular base station manufacturers reduce engineering resources and improve time to market.
Read more Low power FPGAs feature 6.375-Gbps transceivers
July 13, 2010
Altera Corporation has enhanced its Arria II GX FPGA variant with 6.375-Gbps transceivers and up to 1.25-Gbps LVDS support, while broadening the reach of the family with the addition of the new Arria II GZ FPGA variant. As a result, the 40-nm Arria II family provides the lowest power 6-Gbps transceiver solutions shipping today, featuring up to 50 percent lower static power over competitive devices.
Read more Lattice and Helion release HD HDR IP cores video security and surveillance cameras
July 6, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor and Helion GmbH have released Intellectual Property (IP) cores for the video security and surveillance camera market. Targeting the LatticeXP2, LatticeECP2M and LatticeECP3 FPGA families, Helion has demonstrated its IONOS video pipeline IP and Vesta evaluation platform.
Read more Lattice partners with Affarii to offer Remote Radio Head solution at 1300-mW per antenna
June 29, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has partnered with Affarii Technologies to successfully demonstrate the industry’s lowest cost, low power Remote Radio Head (RRH) solution at 1300 mW per antenna.
Read more POL power solution is approved for Xilinx Spartan-6 and Virtex-6 FPGA transceiver evaluation kits
June 17, 2010
Intersil has developed a compact, high-performance point-of-load power solution for the Spartan-6 FPGA SP623 and Virtex-6 FPGA ML623 evaluation kits from industry-leader Xilinx Corporation.
Read more Development kit offers 28 new reference designs of LatticeXP2 FPGA family
June 7, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has unveiled a new versatile LatticeXP2 Brevia Development Kit and 28 new silicon-proven reference designs, which are ideal for developing high volume, cost sensitive, high density applications.
Read more Boards show NXP CGV converter / Lattice ECP3 FPGA interoperability
May 20, 2010
NXP Semiconductors is developing two boards designed to demonstrate the interoperability of its CGV JESD204A-compliant high speed data converter family with Lattice Semiconductor's ECP3 FPGA family.
Read more Lattice Semiconductor plans SRIO interoperability with Cavium's OCTEON II processors
May 12, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation is planning to interoperate between Cavium Networks' OCTEON II CN63XX processors and the LatticeECP3 FPGA family via a Serial Rapid IO (SRIO) Specification 2.1 link.
Read more Synopsys offers support for Actel's SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs
April 22, 2010
Synopsys is making enhanced FPGA synthesis support available for Actel Corporation's new SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs.
Read more Keil aims to support SmartFusion mixed signal FPGA family
April 19, 2010
Keil is now supporting the Actel Corporation’s SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGA family in the Keil MDK-ARM Microcontroller Development Kit.
Read more Actel announces 24x5 live customer technical support
April 9, 2010
FPGA vendor Actel launched live technical support services to customers worldwide 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. In order to better serve its growing global customer base, the company has expanded its technical support service through its Mountain View, CA and Hyderabad, India centres.
Read more Lattice updates and enhances FPGA design tool suite
April 6, 2010
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has introduced Service Pack 1 for Version 8.0 of its ispLEVER FPGA design tool suite.
Read more IAR Systems supports Actel's new SmartFusion mixed signal FPGAs
March 24, 2010
IAR Systems is to support Actel's SmartFusion devices that integrate an FPGA, ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontroller subsystem and programmable analog on a single chip.
Read more 10-bit 3 Gsps DMUX overcomes Gigahertz data rate bottleneck
March 17, 2010
MSC Vertriebs GmbH has introduce a high-speed 10-bit 3 Gsps demultiplexer (DMUX) featuring LVDS compatible differential data and clock inputs for easy interface into digital signal processor (DSP) or industry standard field programmable gate arrays (FPGA).
Read more Touch-screen LCD video evaluation kit supports Lattice FPGA families
March 9, 2010
MSC Vertriebs GmbH is offering a configurable advanced touch-screen LCD video evaluation platform for Lattice FPGA families
Read more Micrium supports Actel SmartFusion FPGAs
March 8, 2010
Micrium has ported its uC/OS-II and uC/OS-III kernels and uC/TCP-IP stack to Actel's new SmartFusion intelligent mixed-signal FPGA.
Read more Leading FPGAs demonstrate interoperability with JESD204A-compliant high speed data converters
March 3, 2010
In this news analysis article EE Times Europe Analog's editor, Paul Buckley questions Maury Wood, senior director and product line manager, high speed converters, NXP Semiconductors, to learn more about how he sees the JESD204A interoperability declaration is going to impact future product development.
Read more Actel releases development environment SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs
March 2, 2010
Actel Corporation has released an easy-to-use development environment for the newly introduced SmartFusion intelligent mixed signal FPGAs.
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