ALISO VIEJO, Calif.,
Oct. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of
semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security,
reliability and performance, today announced its PolarFire™ field
programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have achieved a key milestone by
passing the Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest
Group's (PCI SIG's) PCIe endpoint compliance suites, working at 5
Gbps. This certifies the product has passed rigorous testing of the
compliance workshop, with the PolarFire FPGAs now included in the
organization's coveted integrators list.
Microsemi's PolarFire FPGA devices feature 12.7G transceivers
and offer up to 50 percent lower power than competing mid-range
FPGAs. They include hardened PCIe controller cores with both
endpoints and root port modes available, as well as low power
transceivers. In addition to establishing technical credibility
with customers, passing the PCI SIG PCIe endpoint compliance suites
demonstrates the robustness of PolarFire FPGAs as well as their
performance capabilities for control planes and other applications
in the lowest power, cost-optimized mid-range devices spanning from
100K logic elements (LEs) to 500K LEs.
"Achieving this key milestone from the leader in PCIe testing
validates our PolarFire FPGAs' robust performance capabilities via
an independent third party, giving customers added confidence in
leveraging these unique devices," said Venki Narayanan, senior director software and
systems engineering at Microsemi. "As we continue to see an
increase in the use of FPGA-based PCIe implementations, we are
pleased to offer an FPGA which caters to its specific technology
requirements, along with an evaluation kit and boards to deliver a
complete development solution."
According to Dependra Lall, lead analyst at market research firm
IndustryARC, surging demand for high-bandwidth data processing and
transfer capabilities within computing, networking and storage has
led to an increased adoption of PCIe beyond the traditional storage
and chip-to-chip applications. There is also an increasing trend of
FPGA-based PCIe implementation to easily transfer data to host
systems or to PCIe endpoint enabled devices in applications such as
high-performance computing, storage switches, industrial/medical
imaging and Ethernet network interface cards. The high-performance
computing and industrial imaging markets, combined, are expected to
grow from $30.7 billion in 2017 to
$47.5 billion by 2023, which will
further proliferate implementation of FPGA-based PCIe designs in
the market.
While Microsemi's PolarFire FPGAs are ideal for a wide variety
of applications within the communications, industrial, and
aerospace and defense markets, the new certification demonstrates
the devices' particular suitability for PCIe-based complex system
control planes. The PolarFire PCIe solution comes complete with
Libero project, AX14 Interconnect, DDR3 controller, open source
Windows and Linux host drivers, and a complete PolarFire FPGA PCIe
User Guide. In addition, the company's complementary PolarFire
Evaluation Kit is a comprehensive platform for evaluating its
PolarFire FPGAs which includes a PCIe edge connector with four
lanes and a demo design. The kit features a high-pin-count FPGA
mezzanine card (FMC), numerous surface mount assemblies (SMAs),
PCIe, dual Gigabit Ethernet RJ45, small form-factor pluggable (SFP)
modules and USB.
The company's Libero™ SoC PolarFire Design Suite enables high
productivity with its comprehensive, easy to learn, easy to adopt
development tools for designing with Microsemi's PolarFire FPGAs.
The Libero SoC PolarFire Design Suite enables a design launching
point for customers, with key quick start demonstration designs for
rapid evaluation and prototyping. Multiple demo reference designs
are available with full design files for Libero SoC PolarFire
targeting the PolarFire Evaluation Kit, including JESD204B
Interface, PCI Express (PCIe) Endpoint, 10GBASE-R Ethernet
Loopback, DSP FIR Filter and Multi-Rate Transceiver Demo, with
additional reference designs planned over the coming months.
Availability
Microsemi's PolarFire FPGA devices are available for engineering
sample ordering now with standard lead times. The PolarFire
Evaluation Kit (MPF300-EVAL-KIT-ES) is available for ordering and
shipping now. For more information, visit
www.microsemi.com/polarfire or email
sales.support@microsemi.com.
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 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.
PolarFire FPGAs' transceivers can support multiple serial
protocols, making the products ideal for communications
applications with 10Gbps Ethernet, CPRI, JESD204B, Interlaken and
PCIe. In addition, the ability to implement serial gigabit Ethernet
(SGMII) on GPIO enables numerous 1Gbps Ethernet links to be
supported. PolarFire FPGAs also contain the most hardened security
IP to protect customer designs, data and supply chain. 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 (Nasdaq: MSCC) 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 and has
approximately 4,800 employees globally. Learn more at
www.microsemi.com.
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