Actel has announced it is joining UMC's Gold IP program with its VariCore embedded programmable gate array (EPGA) star IP cores. Simultaneously, Actel said it has taped out a VariCore EPGA IP test chip in UMC's 0,18 mm fab in Taiwan.
VariCore IP is the first complete (front end to back end), commercially available product of its kind in 0,18 mm technology. The production version of the VariCore Compiler design suite is currently available, with the production version of the cores and a VariCore EPGA Developer's Kit with test chip and evaluation board expected soon.
"We are encouraged by the initial reception we have received from our customers and a world-leading semiconductor foundry, UMC, for these cores. Being the first to market with a complete solution that satisfies the growing demand for adding reconfigurability to ASICs and ASSPs is an exciting prospect for Actel," stated Dr. Yankin Tanurhan, director of embedded FPGA at Actel.
"The industry and our customers are migrating to more intricate SoC designs, and accordingly the demand for reconfigurable embedded SoCs is increasing," said Dr. Jim Ballingall, Vice President of worldwide marketing at UMC. "Actel's VariCore IP appears to be an innovative and unique offering for the ASIC and ASSP markets, particularly as the industry moves toward embedded logic designs."
Actel's embeddable reprogrammable EPGA logic cores are based on SRAM technology and are described by Actel as 'soft hardware'. Actel will license VariCore EPGA directly to UMC customers. The relatively new market of SoC products containing embedded programmability is likely to grow to as much as $2,4 billion in annual revenue by the end of 2004, as predicted by inSearch Research, says Actel.
For further information contact Kobus van Rooyen, (011) 315 8316, [email protected]
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