Chip maker Intel recently closed its purchase of programmable logic specialist Altera. The long-term goal of this acquisition is, among other things, to develop server processors with integrated Field ...

In recent columns I have identified the shortcomings of today's FPGA packages in terms of their origins and specifics. This month I'll talk about the ways in which these problems can be addressed from ...

Altera Corporation today introduced new packaging options for its Cyclone II FPGA family, providing designers of high-volume applications with lower-cost and smaller form factors. The new packages ...

Lattice has added a 132bga packaging option for its LatticeXP2 fpga range. Qualified for automotive use, the package will be targeted at space constrained applications such as camera modules, parking ...

Systems used in many high-reliability commercial applications require certification to the IEC 61508 Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 3 functional safety specification. In a move intended to reduce the ...

Lattice Semiconductor is offering automotive temperature qualified (AEC-Q100) chip scale 132 BGA (ball grid array) packaging for its non-volatile LatticeXP2 FPGA family. The 132 BGA packaging has been ...

Advanced Knowledge Associates (AKA) was showing off its Prepackaged Reconfigurable Integrated System-on-Module (PRISM) line including the PRISM 150, 200, and 300 (Fig. 1). These aggregate discrete ...

On the occasion of Embedded World 2007 in Nuremberg and Bus&Boards 2007 in the USA MEN Mikro Elektronik is going to introduce a forward-looking further development for the two most popular mezzanine ...

As we touched on last week, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are not a silver bullet that will rip through the enterprise datacenter world anytime soon. Still, when it comes to a narrow but ...

The first fruit of the collaboration between Intel and its recent acquisition, Altera, is slated to arrive soon. Such products should afford server customers the flexibility to accelerate specific ...