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News Release from: Gaisler Research | Subject: Leon3
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 September 2005
Fault tolerant processor fits
space-qualified FPGA
Gaisler Research has launched the Leon3 processor as a standard component using the space qualified and radiation tolerant Actel RTAX2000S FPGA.
Gaisler Research has launched the Leon3 processor as a standard component using the space qualified and radiation tolerant Actel RTAX2000S FPGA The fault tolerant Leon3 processor in combination with the recently qualified radiation tolerant Actel RTAX2000S FPGA will form a competitive alternative to the processors currently used by the space industry
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Sep 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Actel has released the Gaisler Research Intellectual Property (IP) Library (GRLIB), a LEON3 processor-based application solution optimised for Actel's RTAX-S field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
The processor is offered in standard configurations, including a floating point unit and either MIL-STD-1553, CAN or SpaceWire bus interfaces.
The Leon3 on the RTAX2000S FPGA gives a performance which is higher than most space qualified processors currently available at a very competitive price.
"By using the Actel FPGA we are able to launch the Leon3 fault tolerant processor without going through the costly and time consuming process of making an ASIC".
"We are also able to simultaneously release different configurations of the processor tailored for various applications and spacecraft standards", says Per Danielsson the CEO of Gaisler Research.
"The Leon processor is a perfect match with the Actel RTAX2000S FPGA providing for the first time a high performance processor on a space qualified FPGA", says Ken O'Neill, Director, Military and Aerospace Product Marketing at Actel.
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