Editor’s Note: A May 2018 announcement by Microsemi of its collaboration with fabless semiconductor company SiFive, aimed at enabling Linux software and firmware developers to build RISC-V PCs, offered the opportunity Read more »
Global Positioning System (#GPS) vulnerabilities are real, just ask Microsemi’s Duke Buckner (senior director strategy and business development) who was out of the country one day in 2016 when time stuttered. Microsemi timing receivers continued to work Read more »
Switchtec PFX Gen3 PCIe fanout switches provide the industry’s highest-density, lowest power PCIe switch for data center, communications, workstation, and video production applications. With simple hardware configuration, Read more »
We have completed total ionizing dose testing on our new LX7720 radiation-tolerant motor control and position-sensing IC. The device performance remains strong Read more »
PCI Express (PCIe) is a widely deployed bus interconnect interface that is commonly used in server platforms. Increasingly, it is also used as Read more »
One of the most critical requirements for semiconductors in space is meeting the on-orbit radiation requirements of the satellite mission. Radiation requirements for most satellite missions are classified Read more »
Microsemi has developed a demonstration platform that showcases the LX7730 telemetry controller and the RTG4 FPGA, reading and processing data from six sensors located on a companion board. Read more »
Microsemi has launched our SA.45s commercial space chip-scale atomic clock (CSAC), the industry’s first commercially available radiation-tolerant CSAC. Ideally suited for Read more »
The April 2018 edition of SatNews magazine published an article by Ted Marena and Ken O’Neill from Microsemi that discussed the advantages of using processors based upon the RISC-V open instruction set architecture. The article looks at Read more »
Microsemi has over 20 years of mixed-signal custom IC design experience with leading aerospace companies. We are a leading ASIC manufacturer of analog embedded systems that include solutions Read more »
As radiation testing for the RTG4 FPGA family continues, we now have the first proton test report available. This proton testing was performed in February 2018 on RTG4 flip-flops, LSRAM, uSRAM, and PLLs. Read more »
A ceramic quad flat pack (CQFP) package with 352 pins was recently introduced for RTG4 FPGAs family to provide a more cost-effective integration than higher pin count packages. CQFP is the industry-standard package for space applications Read more »
Microsemi is delighted to announce that our RTG4 high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant FPGA family has achieved Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) Class Q qualification by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). This qualification validates Read more »
The last in this series of four articles, today I’d like to talk about reverse power feed (RPF), wirless LAN RF ICs, and line drivers as related to the connected home. Read more »
Third in this series of articles, I’d like to share information today on voice line circuits and Power over Ethernet (PoE) as related to enabling the connected home. Read more »
In the past couple of articles in this series, my colleague, Barry Dropping, wrote about wireless networks, specifically laying the groundwork for 5G and the standards for distribution of time and phase in these networks. Read more »
Along with my Microsemi colleague, Jim Olsen, we were recently the guest speakers on an RCR Wireless News webinar speaking on 5G network densification and ways to prepare your timing architecture. Read more »
The latest developments in LED lighting systems are reshaping enterprise networks and creating a new breed of IoT-enabled smart buildings. When paired with sensors and Wi-Fi, intelligent PoE luminaires Read more »
In the first article of this series, we wrote about Microsemi being a leading provider of energy-efficient and cost-effective semiconductor system solutions for the broadband home, delivering the right connectivity solutions for voice, data, and power. Read more »