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News Release from: Gaisler Research
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 13 December 2005
Floating point unit to boost space ASIC
A licence agreement has been signed for the use of the Gaisler Research Floating Point Unit (GRFPU) in the Omnia ASIC developed by Alcatel Alenia Space, Italy.
A licence agreement has been signed for the use of the Gaisler Research Floating Point Unit (GRFPU) in the Omnia ASIC developed by Alcatel Alenia Space, Italy The GRFPU will be used to increase the calculating performance in the Omnia ASIC
"The licence agreement represents yet another example where the GRFPU is used in complex system on a chip designs".
"The combination of the Leon processor and the powerful GRFPU gives the performance required by high end spacecraft applications", says Sandi Habinc the System Design Manager of Gaisler Research.
The GRFPU is fully IEEE754 compliant and implements both single and double precision floating point operations.
The GRFPU is available in a commercial version and in a fault tolerant version for space, military and critical applications.
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