FPGAs

Pentek has introduced the latest member of its Flexor line of FMC (FPGA Mezzanine Card) carriers: the Model 7070 PCIe FMC carrier with a Virtex-7 FPGA. As a stand-alone signal processing board, it provides a suitable development and deployment platform for demanding DSP applications. Combined with any of Pentek’s FMCs, it creates a complete radar and software radio solution.

A 6U VPX FPGA processing board powered by two Xilinx Virtex-7 and one QorIQ T1042 e5500 quad-core processor has been introduced by Interface Concept. The IC-FEP-VPX6b is a VPX hybrid processing engine coupling latest-gen FPGAs and processors. Due to its QorIQ processor and PCIe advanced switch, the IC-FEP-VPX6b board expands the flexibility of the two Virtex-7 FPGAs and the VPX high bandwidth serial interfaces.

Calibre has announced a virtual-ASIC video processor capable of scaling, switching, enhancing, correcting and converting UHD formats including 4K and WQXGA. Based on Altera FPGAs, Calibre’s virtual-ASIC technology will be offered as Calibre Pro-AV products as well as own-label, board-level and custom options for OEMs, enabling rapid creation of products for the professional AV industry as UHD video formats are adopted.

  Configurable ICs delivering multiple logic functions from the same device can save space, reduce logistics and qualification costs. By Michael Lyons, NXP Semiconductors.

Extending its advanced ultra-low power CMOS logic family, Diodes Incorporated has introduced dual-gate devices. The 74AUP2G logic devices support low-voltage, low-power system design which helps to extend battery life in super slim, next-gen portable products, such as smart phones and tablets. The devices provide seven dual gate logic functions: AND, NAND, OR, NOR, XOR and a choice of two tri-state buffers.

According to a new market research report titled ‘FPGA Market by Architecture, Configuration, Application, and Geography - Trends & Forecasts From 2014 – 2020’ the FPGA market is expected to reach $8.5bn by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 8.1% from 2014 to 2020.

How a system built from 24 FPGAs, 96 antennas plus a custom 802.11 implementation enables the real-time study of Multi-User MIMO (MU-MIMO) propagation environments. By Patrick Murphy, President, Mango Communications; Chris Dick, Chief DSP Scientist, Xilinx; Ashutosh Sabharwal, Professor, Rice University; Lin Zhong, Associate Professor, Rice University; and Clayton Shepard, Graduate Student, Rice University.

  Adding programmable logic blocks to MCUs offers some interesting benefits, as Sally Ward-Foxton discovers for ES Design magazine.

Designed to speed the time-to-market of mobile devices, the iCE40 UltraLite FPGA has been released by Lattice Semiconductor. Measuring 1.4x1.4mm, the device is 68% smaller than its closest competitor. The FPGA, which features built-in hardened IPs and LED drivers, also requires 30% less power than its closest competitor. The device’s small footprint, high level of integration and low power consumption allow manufacturer’s to easily ad...

Securing M2M communications using a physical unclonable function. By G. Richard Newell, Senior Principal Product Architect, SoC Group, Microsemi.