FPGAs

  Based on the company's Arria 10 SoCs, a storage reference design that doubles the life of NAND flash has been introduced by Altera. It can also increase the number of programme-erase cycles by up to seven times compared to current NAND flash implementations.

  Lattice Semiconductor has announced that its iCE40 LM FPGA has been integrated in the recently released ZTE Star 2 smartphone to perform IR remote control, and sensor hub functions.

Microsemi has completed Differential Power Analysis (DPA) testing on its secure boot FPGA solution, which resolves side channel vulnerabilities inherent in the configuration process of large SRAM FPGAs. The DPA testing was completed using the Test Vector Leakage Assessment (TVLA) methodology developed by Cryptography Research Incorporated (CRI), a division of Rambus.

  Altera has announced that its Arria 10 FPGAs have been chosen by Silkan, a provider of real-time data transmission, for its deterministic real-time high-speed Ethernet interconnection technology.

The architectural and product details of Altera's Stratix 10 FPGAs and SoCs, which deliver breakthrough levels of performance, integration, density and security, have been revealed. The high-end programmable logic devices leverage Altera’s revolutionary HyperFlex FPGA fabric architecture built on the Intel 14nm Tri-Gate process to provide twice the core performance compared to previous-gen FPGAs.

Microsemi and Sibridge Technologies have announced the release of a suite of high-speed IP cores targeting Microsemi’s SmartFusion2 SoC FPGAs and IGLOO2 FPGAs. This extends Microsemi’s prior engagement with Sibridge Technologies by adding Sibridge as an approved CompanionCore provider. The CompanionCore programme offers a wide selection of synthesisable IP cores that are licensed, supported and maintained directly by Microsemi pa...

Microsemi has announced its Radiation-Tolerant (RT) ProASIC3 FPGAs have been qualified by the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency as QML (Qualified Manufacturers List) Class Q. The devices are also the first flash-based FPGAs to receive a QML qualification.

Altera has announced that its 28nm Cyclone V FPGAs have been chosen by Harris for its latest Falcon III wideband tactical radio. The radio, currently in production, has been designated by the U.S. NSA to be NSA Type-1 certified, enabling Harris to field the radio for secure voice and data communications.

Expanding the MachXO3 FPGA family, Lattice Semiconductor has announced that the MachXO3LF are provided with on-chip Flash for configuration and usage. They utilise the same advanced package technology as the MachXO3L family to provide a small-footprint, the highest I/O density on the market and easy migration without changing PCB design.

Imagination Technologies has announced a revolutionary offering as part of its Imagination University Programme (IUP), called MIPSfpga. Through MIPSfpga, Imagination is transforming CPU architecture education in universities around the globe by offering them free and open access to a fully-validated, current generation MIPS CPU in a complete teaching package.