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Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Actel Europe | Subject: ProASIC3 A3P1000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 12 January 2006
Million-gate FPGA outperforms SRAM-based
devices
The one-million-system-gate ProASIC3 A3P1000 delivers total system cost, performance, power and security advantages over comparable SRAM-based products.
Actel has begun shipping its low-cost one-million-system-gate ProASIC3 device The ProASIC3 A3P1000 delivers total system cost, performance, power and security advantages over comparable SRAM-based products
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Exploiting the benefits of Actel's Flash-based architecture, the ProASIC3 device also supports implementation of a soft ARM7 processor core and is an optimal solution for power-, cost- and size-conscious designs.
Actel's ProASIC3 family lowers overall system costs by eliminating the need for various components on the system board.
The single-chip device requires no external boot prom or microcontroller to support device programming, and the Level-0 live at power-up feature of the ProASIC3 device eliminates the need for an external CPLD.
Using fewer components reduces board space, which increases reliability, simplifies inventory management and lowers total system costs by as much as 70% compared with similar SRAM-based FPGA solutions.
"Actel continues to deliver the lowest cost, lowest power, most secure and best live at power-up FPGA solution for ASIC-replacements", said Martin Mason, Director of Silicon Product Marketing at Actel.
"For applications requiring ASIC-like features and reprogrammability with no NRE, the ProASIC3 A3P1000 is an excellent and cost-effective solution".
The one million-gate ProASIC3 A3P1000 delivers market-leading stand-by current consumption of only 8mA under typical conditions, nearly an order of magnitude lower than competing devices.
In addition, the ProASIC3 device contains 1024bit (128bit x 8) of on-chip user nonvolatile Flash memory and an onboard phase-locked loop (PLL).
The device also provides secure in-system programming (ISP) capability through on-chip 128bit AES decryption and built-in Flash key storage technology.
The A3P1000 and the ARM7-ready M7A3P1000 are offered in FG144, FG256, FG484 and PQ208 packages.
The A3P1000 and M7A3P1000 are currently sampling.
The A3P1000 is priced at less than $9.95 in 250,000-unit quantities.
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