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News Release from: Actel Europe | Subject: RTSX32SU
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 May 2005
New package cuts military FPGA footprint
A new packaging option for FPGA devices is designed to significantly reduce board size and weight in space-constrained, military/aerospace applications.
Actel Corp has released a new packaging option for its field programmable gate array (FPGA) devices that is designed to significantly reduce board size and weight in space-constrained, military/aerospace applications The new 84-pin CQFP (ceramic quad flatpack) package is now available for Actel's RTSX32SU, an antifuse-based, radiation-tolerant FPGA designed to function reliably under harsh space-flight conditions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"As the FPGA leader in military and aerospace markets, Actel continues to innovate and find new ways to solve our customers' evolving design challenges", said Ken O'Neill, Director, Military and Aerospace Product Marketing at Actel.
"The new 84-pin CQFP offers a footprint reduction of over 40% relative to our other CQFP packages".
"The new package option enables our customers to significantly reduce the size and weight of their military, aerospace and industrial equipment without sacrificing the inherent reliability and high performance of our FPGAs".
Actel's 84-pin CQFP measures a mere 0.650 x 0.650in and is an industry standard package type that has been proven in space-flight products.
The RTSX32SU is a 32,000-gate FPGA, offering performance in excess of 250MHz.
The device is built on a foundation of hardened latches, thus eliminating the need for triple-mode redundancy (TMR).
The A54SX32A can match the speed and performance of an ASIC, or be used to generate system-wide savings by integrating multiple functions into a low-cost, single-chip solution.
In addition to serving industrial and military markets, the A54SX32A can be used as a prototyping vehicle for the RTSX32SU.
The A54SX32A-CQ84 will be available in Q3 2005.
The RTSX32SU-CQ84 will be available in Q4 2005.
Software support will be available in June 2005.
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