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News Release from: Actel Europe | Subject: Igloo AGL030 in 4 x 4mm package
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 November 2007
Low-power FPGAs shrink to 4mm square
New package offers designers four times the density, three times the I/O and a 36% reduction in size compared with competing programmable logic devices.
Actel now offers its low-power 5uW Igloo FPGAs in a 4mm square package with a 0.4mm ball pitch - reckoned to be the smallest package for any programmable logic device on the market Complementing its existing portfolio of small 8 x 8 and 5 x 5mm packages, the Actel device in the new package offers designers four times the density, three times the I/O and a 36% reduction in size compared with competing programmable logic devices
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 5 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Smaller than a kernel of corn, the new Igloo FPGAs are an ideal solution for power-sensitive space-constrained handheld devices such as smartphones, portable media players, secure mobile communications devices, remote sensors, security cameras and portable medical devices.
"Today, designers require ultra low-power devices in small packaging, power-optimised design tools, and complementary IP solutions to create a successful portable application".
"Actel continues to break new ground and set new standards for the PLD industry as it addresses these areas", says John East, President and CEO at Actel.
"As we move forward, Actel will continue to address the unique challenges facing portable designers, particularly relating to power efficiency and the complementary technologies required to manage power".
"We intend that when power matters, designers think Actel".
The first device to be offered in the 4 x 4mm package will be the 30,000-gate Igloo AGL030 device.
The Igloo FPGA delivers a staggering 200x less static power and more than 10x the battery life of competing offerings.
Actel also offers the feature-rich Igloo family in pin-compatible 8 x 8 and 5 x 5mm packages, enabling migration between packages.
The 4 x 4mm devices feature onboard Flash memory, 66 user I/Os and over 192 equivalent macrocells.
Igloo supports unique low-power states, such as Actel's innovative Flash-Freeze mode, which stops the clocks, puts the I/Os into a known state and reduces power dramatically while preserving the state of SRAM and registers.
Igloo devices enter and exit Flash-Freeze mode within 1us under the control of a single pin, allowing for dramatic system power savings to be quickly and easily achieved.
The Igloo AGL030 device in a 4 x 4mm package will sample in December, with mass production slated for Q1 2008.
Pricing will start at US $1.50 in volume quantities.
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