Programmable Logic Devices latest news on Electronicstalk http://www.electronicstalk.com/indexes/categorybrowseaf.html Programmable Logic Devices latest news on Electronicstalk en-gb Copyright (C)2008 Pro-Talk Ltd. All rights reserved. Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Wed, 14 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Pro-Talk Ltd http://www.pro-talk.com/images/protalklogo90.gif http://www.pro-talk.com/ 90 79 FPGA boasts top DSP performance The Virtex-5 SX240T can provide up to 528GMACs of multiply-and-accumulate performance and over 190GFLOPS of single-precision floating-point DSP. Tue, 13 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil183.html FPGAs support serial gigabit interface Stratix III FPGAs are the industry's first programmable logic devices able to support Gigabit Ethernet SGMII on LVDS pins. Wed, 07 May 2008 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu269.html Programmable logic saves portable power With its low standby current, small form factor and instant-on operation, the ispMach 4000ZE family is ideal for handheld and portable equipment such as GPS systems. Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT Lattice Semiconductor UK http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/lat/lat217.html Programmable platform promises power savings PolarPro II offers ultralow power consumption combined with small-footprint packages. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT QuickLogic http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/qui/qui202.html Programmable devices sport 32bit RISC processors XS1-G devices suit products requiring programmable flexibility and differentiation but which cannot support the relatively high cost of traditional programmable logic solutions. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT XMOS Semiconductors http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xmo/xmo102.html DSP design tools make the most of FPGAs Industry's first ESL design methodology to enable a direct FPGA implementation path for DSP algorithms described using imaginary and complex numbers. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil182.html Arrays take more processing power into space Virtex-4QV FPGAs are guaranteed for radiation tolerance, allowing aerospace designers to take advantage of high-performance high-density reprogrammable technology. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil181.html Low-cost FPGAs are enhanced for communications Increased performance transceivers drive serial interfaces at speeds from 600Mbit/s to 3.125Gbit/s and reduce static power consumption by up to 20%. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu268.html Array devices run improved MPEG-2 encoder Enhanced core supports full 4:2:2 colour space, 1080i/720p resolution encoding and optional MPEG-2, Part 1 compliant transport stream encoding. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT MathStar http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/mzl/mzl110.html FPGAs claim ultimate level of integration Devices incorporate embedded PowerPC 440 processor blocks, high-speed RocketIO GTX transceivers and dedicated XtremeDSP processing capabilities. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil180.html FPGAs find even smaller packages Package offers the highest amount of logic and I/Os for the footprint, allowing engineers to use FPGAs in new applications. Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu267.html Easy evaluation for Flash-based FPGAs Kit showcases the low-power advantages, flexible implementation options and significant battery savings offered by Igloo FPGAs for portable applications. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Mouser Electronics http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/mou/mou133.html FPGAs are ideal for video processing Kit supports multiple video I/O formats, allowing video application developers to quickly develop, debug, and prototype designs using their lab video signals and displays. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu266.html FPGA family promises more for less Low-power field-programmable gate arrays claim the industry's best power-, area-, logic- and feature-per-I/O ratios in a programmable device. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Actel Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/act/act277.html FPGAs take care of XAUI communications Package includes the reference design, XAUI protocol characterisation report for GTP transceivers, access to Xilinx LogiCore IP and a PCIe add-in card. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil178.html Programmable platform allows more integration New devices host customer- or market-specific combinations of proven system blocks for storage, wired/wireless communication, video/imaging, security and other custom functions. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT QuickLogic http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/qui/qui197.html Kit eases FPGA embedded processing The Nios II evaluation kit allows developers to launch example applications, such as networking and audio and image processing, with the touch of a finger. Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu265.html Electronics survive life onboard vehicles Using programmable logic solutions, automotive products can accommodate features that are changing faster than typical automotive design cycles and faster than ASSP products. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu264.html Starter kit provides entry-level DSPs At the heart of the Spartan-3A DSP FPGA architecture is the DSP48A slice, which enables designers to implement many independent arithmetic functions. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil177.html FPGA development eliminates processor obsolescence Designers can use the new embedded kit to develop low-cost, Linux-based embedded systems driven by a Spartan-3A XCS3D1800A FPGA. Tue, 26 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil176.html Low-cost FPGAs start under a buck New Igloo AGL015 and ProASIC3 A3P015 FPGAs provide lower cost, lower power alternative to low-density FPGAs and CPLDs in consumer, medical, comms and industrial applications Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT Actel Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/act/act275.html Rep deal brings Cswitch to Europe Cswitch will be represented throughout Europe by Spectrum's pan-European rep/stockist operation, Silicon Design. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:00:00 UT Spectrum Group http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/sru/sru127.html FPGA survives outer space conditions MIL-STD 883 Class B qualification opens high-bandwidth processing applications in spacecraft payloads for the RTAX4000S FPGA. Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Actel Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/act/act274.html FPGAs support SFI-5 optical comms standard The SFI-5 specification is a chip-to-chip standard that ensures interoperability between forward-error correction and the framer, as well as from industry-leading optical transponder devices. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu263.html FPGA expansion targets networking niche New devices will enable new levels of cost-optimisation for industrial networking, medical imaging, motor control, defence and high-performance computing applications. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil174.html DSP-optimised FPGAs available in volume All three devices in the 65nm Virtex-5 SXT family are production-qualified and supported by the XtremeDSP portfolio of development tools and IP. Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil172.html Low-cost FPGAs suit vehicle displays The logiCraft3 compact multimedia display development platform takes advantage of the low-cost and small footprint of XA Spartan-3E FPGAs and the Xilinx 32bit MicroBlaze soft microprocessor. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil171.html Low-cost FPGAs secure custom designs IP core leverages DeviceDNA design security to further streamline and strengthen safeguards against reverse engineering, cloning and unauthorised overbuilding. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil169.html Shrinking FPGAs increase consumer appeal Small-form-factor FPGAs address industry demand for smaller footprint packages, enabling extremely cost-sensitive consumer electronics designs. Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil170.html Low-cost FPGAs offer dense logic and memory XA Spartan-3A FPGAs offer the highest number of I/O per logic cell with broad connectivity support, providing flexibility and scalability for I/O-intensive display and LED backlight applications. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil167.html Development kit speeds automotive design Automotive designers can quickly evaluate devices and get their designs up and running right out of the box. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Xilinx http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/xil/xil168.html FPGAs cut both static and dynamic power Flash-based FPGA family combines dramatically reduced power consumption with up to 350MHz operation. Tue, 08 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT Actel Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/act/act273.html Programmable devices answer display challenge Simultaneous display solution enables developers to implement a wide range of exciting handheld capabilities. Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:00:00 UT QuickLogic http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/qui/qui196.html Low-cost FPGA family available in production Built on TSMC's 65nm low-power process, the Cyclone III family includes devices that are qualified for commercial, industrial and extended temperatures. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu262.html Million-gate FPGA meets military specs The QL1P1000 platform offers the reliability and capacity needed for the most demanding military applications, supporting the full mil-spec temperature range. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT QuickLogic http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/qui/qui195.html FPGA-based image processing makes reversing safer Single-chip FPGA-based approach provides a more compact and reliable solution than DSP-based approaches, which typically require two or more devices. Fri, 21 Dec 2007 08:00:00 UT Altera Europe http://www.electronicstalk.com/news/aeu/aeu261.html