ALISO VIEJO, Calif.,
July 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/
-- Microsemi Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP), today announced a new
release of the Libero® system-on-chip (SoC) PolarFire Design Suite,
introducing lower static power devices to the PolarFire
field-programmable-gate array (FPGA) family and delivering even
greater productivity. Available now, the Libero SoC PolarFire
Design Suite v2.2 gives designers access to "L" series PolarFire
devices which deliver 30 percent lower static power over standard
PolarFire FPGAs, making them ideal for low power portable defense
and professional grade consumer systems.
With FPGAs, software is as important as the caliber of FPGAs
being utilized for design. Microsemi's investment in its Libero SoC
PolarFire Design Suite continues to support the industry's growing
interest in FPGA technology. The newly enhanced design suite
enables faster design completion with a 15 percent improvement in
runtime for place and route, together with a 2.5x runtime
improvement for programming file generation. The latest software
release further reduces design flow bottlenecks with new support
for pre-design transceiver modeling.
Since the first release of the Libero SoC PolarFire Design
Suite, customers across communications, defense and industrial
markets have adopted PolarFire FPGAs to substantially lower their
systems' total cost of ownership by taking advantage of the
family's 35 to 50 percent lower power advantage over competing
devices, as well as the ability to operate in harsh thermal
environments.
"Libero SoC PolarFire Design Suite version 2.2 further supports
adoption of our PolarFire FPGAs, which expands our addressable FPGA
market to more than $2.5 billion
covering both the low end and mid-range markets," said Rajeev Jayaraman, vice president of software and
systems engineering at Microsemi. "The latest release's
introduction of lower static power devices and emphasis on
productivity gains underscores our overall commitment to provide
designers with tools which are comprehensive, easy to use and easy
to adopt for low power FPGA designs."
More details, including information on production power data for
production-qualified devices, programming support for
pre-production devices, and simulation support for industry-leading
crypto, tamper, temperature voltage sensor (TVS) and system
services, can be found in the Libero SoC PolarFire Design Suite
v2.2 release notes, which can be downloaded here.
Availability
Microsemi's Libero SoC PolarFire v2.2
software toolset is now available for download from Microsemi's
website. For more information about the design suite, visit the
Libero SoC PolarFire Design Suite web page. PolarFire FPGA MPF300XT
devices are available for purchase in full production, while the
MPF300T/TS and MPF200T/TS devices are available in pre-production.
For more information, visit www.microsemi.com/polarfire.
About PolarFire FPGAs
Microsemi's new cost-optimized
PolarFire FPGAs deliver the industry's lowest power at mid-range
densities with exceptional security and reliability. The product
family features 12.7 Gbps transceivers and offer up to 50 percent
lower power than competing FPGAs. Densities span from 100K to 500K logic
elements (LEs) and are ideal for a wide range of applications
within wireline access networks and cellular infrastructure,
defense and commercial aviation markets, as well as industry 4.0
which includes the industrial automation and internet of things
(IoT) markets. The non-volatile PolarFire product family consumes
10 times less static power than competitive devices and features an
even lower standby power referred to as Flash*Freeze. For more
information, visit www.microsemi.com/polarfire.
About Microsemi
Microsemi Corporation, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc. (Nasdaq: MCHP), offers a
comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for
aerospace & defense, communications, data center and industrial
markets. Products include high-performance and radiation-hardened
analog mixed-signal integrated circuits, FPGAs, SoCs and ASICs;
power management products; timing and synchronization devices and
precise time solutions, setting the world's standard for time;
voice processing devices; RF solutions; discrete components;
enterprise storage and communication solutions, security
technologies and scalable anti-tamper products; Ethernet solutions;
Power-over-Ethernet ICs and midspans; as well as custom design
capabilities and services. Microsemi is headquartered in
Aliso Viejo, California. Learn
more at www.microsemi.com.
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