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• Xilinx Introduces New Development Kit for Building High-Performance Embedded Processing Systems with Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs (Monday Aug. 11, 2008)
  Integrated kit accelerates embedded system-on-chip development including Linux and RTOS-based embedded software development by providing comprehensive FPGA platform, development tools
  
  
• Actel Expands Military-Qualified Flash-Based FPGA Offerings (Monday Aug. 11, 2008)
  High-Density ProASIC3 and ProASIC3EL Devices Offer Low Power and High Reliability for Thermally-Challenged and Space-Constrained Military Applications
  
  
• Actel Offers Additional Power Reduction and Simplifies Design Creation With Libero IDE 8.4 (Monday Aug. 04, 2008)
  Enables Design Reuse; Extends FPGA Core Operating Voltage Range; and Allows Users to Compare and Contrast Multiple Power Scenarios
  
  
• Lights, Camera, Altera: Panasonic Selects Cyclone III FPGAs for New High-Definition Camera-Recorders (Monday Jul. 28, 2008)
  Panasonic Expands Its Use of Altera FPGAs by Choosing Feature-Rich, Low-Power Cyclone III Devices
  
  
• Actel Achieves Rigorous ISO/TS16949 Automotive Quality Management System Certification (Tuesday Jul. 15, 2008)
  Giving automotive manufacturers the confidence they need to embed field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in system-critical automotive applications, Actel today announced it has received ISO/TS 16949:2002 certification.
  
  
• Altera Increases Productivity for High-Performance DSP Designs by an Order of Magnitude (Monday Jun. 30, 2008)
  DSP Builder Version 8.0 Features Second-Generation Timing-Driven Simulink Synthesis Technology
  
  
• Photron Turns to Xilinx Programmable Solutions for Latest High Speed Camera (Monday Jun. 30, 2008)
  Xilinx today announced that its programmable solutions, including software, silicon and IP, have enabled the latest camera from Photron
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor Announces Automotive Versions of its Flash-Based, Non-Volatile FPGA Family (Monday Jun. 30, 2008)
  New Generation Automotive Device Family Provides System-On-Chip Functionality, High Performance, Low Power and “Instant-On” Enhanced Non-Volatility
  
  
• Actel Expands Processor Ecosystem for Low-Power FPGAs (Monday Jun. 23, 2008)
  Complementing its existing Libero® Integrated Design Environment and CoreConsole IP Deployment Platform, Actel has added new software drivers and real-time operating system (RTOS) support.
  
  
• XtremeData Begins Shipping 1066 MHz Altera Stratix III FPGA-Based Intel FSB Module (Wednesday Jun. 18, 2008)
  Equipped with multiple Altera® Stratix® III FPGAs and using Intel QuickAssist Technology, the XtremeData XD2000i In-Socket Accelerator (ISA) showcases this powerful 1066 MHz coprocessing solution.
  
  
• Altera SOPC Builder Tool Extends System-Level Design Lead With Third Embedded Soft Processor Option (Monday Jun. 09, 2008)
  Freescale V1 ColdFire® Soft Core Joins Altera Nios® II Processor Core and ARM Cortex™ M1 to Provide System Designers Maximum Flexibility
  
  
• SiliconBlue Pioneers New FPGA Technology for Handheld, Ultra-Low Power Applications (Monday Jun. 02, 2008)
  Manufactured on TSMC’s 65nm LP (low-power) standard CMOS process, the new single-chip iCE™ family of FPGAs incorporate the company’s proprietary NVCM (Non-Volatile Configuration Memory) technology, eliminating external flash PROM costs while making it easy-to-use.
  
  
• Xilinx Adds Flexible Connectivity to Low-Power Intel(R) In-Vehicle Infotainment Reference Design (Wednesday May. 21, 2008)
  Xilinx Automotive FPGA and connectivity solution enables scalable, flexible infrastructure for rapid infotainment system development
  
  
• Altera Announces Industry's First 40-nm FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs (Monday May. 19, 2008)
  The Stratix IV family has up to 680K logic elements (LEs), 2X bigger than Altera’s Stratix III family, currently the largest FPGAs on the market. The HardCopy IV ASIC family offers equivalent densities as the Stratix IV devices and features up to 13.3 million gates.
  
  
• Xilinx Helps Designers Meet High-Speed Connectivity Requirements With High-Performance Configuration and Storage Solution for Virtex-5 FPGAs (Wednesday May. 14, 2008)
  The solution includes a new 128Mb Platform Flash XL configuration and storage device, a next generation Platform Cable USB II development tool, and the Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-5 FPGA PCIe(R) 1.x and 2.0 Embedded Processor Board.
  
  
• Xilinx Introduces the World's Highest Performance Reconfigurable DSP Solution (Monday May. 12, 2008)
  New Virtex-5 SX240T FPGA and Floating Point Operator IP Core Targets Broadcast, High-Performance Computing and Other High-Speed DSP Applications
  
  
• Actel Introduces IGLOO-Based Portable Control Solutions (Monday May. 12, 2008)
  The new HMI Daughter Card and the Motor Control Daughter Card are offered as plug-ins to Actel's popular IGLOO Icicle Kit.
  
  
• Altera's Stratix III FPGAs Support SGMII on LVDS I/Os (Monday May. 05, 2008)
  Offering interface speeds of 1.25 Gbps and meeting SGMII’s stringent jitter performance requirements, Stratix III LVDS I/Os support triple-speed Ethernet (10/100/1000 Mbps) interfaces without transceivers.
  
  
• New Release Of Lattice FPGA Design Tools Extends Performance And Productivity (Monday May. 05, 2008)
  ispLEVER Design Tool Suite Includes Industry-First SSO Analyzer for SERDES Design and New, Upgraded Synthesis and Simulation Tools
  
  
• Maxim Integrated Products and Altera Offer a Simple, Cost-Effective Solution to Protect FPGA Designs (Tuesday Apr. 29, 2008)
  The security solution utilizes a challenge-and-response-based authentication (identify friend or foe, or IFF) sequence between the FPGA and a 1-Wire secure memory device to differentiate between an authorized and a cloned environment.
  
  
• Lattice Announces New CPLD Family For Low Power, High Volume Portable Applications (Monday Apr. 28, 2008)
  This second-generation in-system programmable CPLD family is ideal for low power, high volume portable applications, with typical standby current as low as 10µA.
  
  
• Actel Partners With Pigeon Point Systems to Deliver TCA Management Solutions (Tuesday Apr. 22, 2008)
  The first products will include development kits to speed the design of Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) and Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) carrier board management controllers, all based on the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) architecture.
  
  
• Lattice and Aldec Announce New Alliance For FPGA Design And Verification (Monday Apr. 21, 2008)
  Active-HDL Lattice Edition will be bundled with Lattice's ispLEVER® design tool suite, providing mixed language simulation (VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog), co-simulation with Simulink® from The MathWorks™ and simulation support for Lattice encrypted IP Cores.
  
  
• Lattice Semiconductor and Synplicity Extend Partnership (Monday Apr. 21, 2008)
  Under the terms of the new agreement, Synplicity will be Lattice Semiconductor’s exclusive synthesis partner, and Lattice will broaden its synthesis offering in its ispLEVER® design tool suite to include the industry-leading Synplify Pro logic synthesis software for higher-level designs.
  
  
• Executive Interview: Xilinx chairman Wim Roelandts (Monday Apr. 21, 2008)
  Roelandts met EE Times Europe during his first visit to Israel, where he attented the recent Global Semiconductor Association conference.
  
  
• LatticeECP2M FPGAs Support High-Speed Serial JESD204 Specification (Tuesday Apr. 15, 2008)
  Embedded High-Speed SERDES Channels in the LatticeECP2M FPGA Family Enable Support of the JESD204 Serial ADC Standard
  
  
• Xilinx Unveils Embedded Development Environment and Ecosystem Supporting New Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs (Monday Apr. 14, 2008)
  Embedded Development Kit (EDK) 10.1 Kick-Starts PowerPC 440 Processor Embedded Designs, Enables Support for Operating Systems, Tools and Boards
  
  
• Xilinx Demonstrates New Triple-Rate SDI Reference Designs for Broadcast Video Applications at NAB 2008 (Monday Apr. 14, 2008)
  Virtex-5 FPGAs enable future-proof interface designs capable of supporting 1080p60 video
  
  
• Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Powers New Universal Multi-Channel Processor From Miranda Technologies (Monday Apr. 14, 2008)
  Innovative 3G/HD/SD audio/video processor leverages triple-rate SDI capabilities of the DSP-optimized Virtex-5 SXT platform
  
  
• Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGA Accelerates Development of Ross Video Multi-Definition Keyer for Digital Broadcast Production Applications (Monday Apr. 14, 2008)
  Industry's first multi-channel, open-platform SD/HD video production switch takes advantage of integrated high-speed logic, DSP and on-chip memory of Virtex-5 LXT FPGA