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Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Anadigm
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 July 2001
Omron takes Anadigm arrays to Japan
Anadigm and Omron have entered an alliance to market field programmable analogue array (FPAA) products and technology in Japan.
Anadigm and Omron have entered an alliance to market field programmable analogue array (FPAA) products and technology in Japan From mid July 2001, Omron is offering Anadigm FPAA products under its own brand, through the Semiconductor Division of its Electronic Components Company
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Omron has extensive experience in the full-custom analogue IC business, and sees a large demand for programmable analogue IC technology for applications involving quantities less than 10k a month, and for customers who lack analogue design skills.
This is because the FPAA does not require mask preparation, allowing it to be applied in projects requiring device quantities as small as one - addressing fundamental roadblocks to progress in the electronic product industry.
"Electronics engineers are seeking to design at higher and higher levels of abstraction, but a universal analogue HDL is not available, due to performance issues associated with analogue IC fabrication", says Kuninori Hamaguchi, Chief Executive Officer of Omron's Semiconductor Division.
"FPAAs offer a solution to this problem which massively reduces design time and costs compared with analogue ASICs".
The company will initially market FPAA technology in Japan, where it expects to establish a multi-million dollar market within two years.
Omron additionally intends to help drive the development of FPAA technology for target applications including, but not limited to, industrial automation and medical equipment - markets where it has extensive knowhow.
"We believe that programmable analogue technology will catalyse a step-change in electronic design over the next decade, and Omron shares that vision", adds Anadigm's CEO Mike Kay.
"We are delighted with this alliance, and believe it will substantially accelerate the take-up of this exciting new technology".
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