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News Release from: QuickLogic | Subject: PolarPro II
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 April 2008
Programmable platform promises power
savings
PolarPro II offers ultralow power consumption combined with small-footprint packages.
QuickLogic has begun sampling its latest customer specific standard product (CSSP) platform for the connectivity, intelligence, and logic requirements of handheld applications Based on QuickLogic's patented ViaLink technology, PolarPro II offers ultralow power consumption combined with small-footprint packages
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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A very low power (VLP) mode freezes system operation, during which the static current drops to less than 5uA.
Entry and exit from the VLP mode are as fast as 10us, allowing systems to conserve energy by shutting down in between bursts of activity.
QuickLogic's CSSPs implement proven system blocks (PSBs) in a base silicon platform, such as PolarPro II or ArcticLink.
CSSPs then serve to meet the specific design requirements of OEMs/ODMs.
The end result is a fully tested, customised device, along with the necessary software drivers for the host operating system.
The new family builds on the award-wining PolarPro platform, offering a more compact architecture that allows for higher levels of integration in a single device.
It is the ideal silicon platform for delivering customer- or market-specific combinations of QuickLogic's proven system blocks for storage, wired/wireless communication, video/imaging, security and other custom functions.
PolarPro II also enables higher design flexibility.
The I/O section, for instance, now offers eight independently-powered banks to simplify integration into multiple-voltage systems, eliminating the need for costly level-shifting circuitry.
PolarPro II also adds a more advanced power management scheme.
The core voltage can now scale as low as 1.5V to reduce dynamic power consumption.
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