New cost, power, and performance demands on FPGAs in a growing variety of mainstream, mid-range systems applications have led to fundamental changes in their design.
Most FPGA vendors tend to focus on data-center workload applications, Read more »
Since our last edition of Space Brief, Microsemi participated in several conferences providing important updates on our entire space portfolio:Read more »
Microsemi’s new 2115/2215 sinewave TCXOs sets the standard for small size, low power, and wide frequency range. The design and manufacturing processes have been optimized to meet demanding 100 krad tolerant requirements for use in deep space applications. Read more »
EE Times recently published a short discussion on the advantages of processors using the RISC-V open instruction set architecture (ISA) in Aerospace and Defense applications. The advantages offered Read more »
Interest in the open-source ISA marks a significant shift among chipmakers, but it will require continued industry support to be successful.
The open-source RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) is attracting a lot of attention Read more »
RISC-V open ISA can help military and aerospace designers who are facing challenges of minimizing power consumption, BOM cost and board area by allowing the optimization of the instruction set to give the most efficient implementation for each specific application. Read more »
Microsemi recently published two product change notifications (PCNs) affecting RTG4 FPGAs. We encourage designers working on RTG4 designs to view the PCNs on the Microsemi website, at the following locations:Read more »
Many readers will already be aware that Microchip Technology Inc. acquired Microsemi Corporation in May 2018. Microchip has served the space community for over 30 years, and offers Read more »
Microsemi’s RTG4™ high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have achieved Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) Class V qualification by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). Read more »
Arrow and Microsemi are hosting a series of hands-on workshops featuring Microsemi’s latest low-power, cost-optimized, mid-range, PolarFire FPGAs and Arrow’s new, low-cost Everest Development Kit. Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
To further demonstrate our commitment to Space, Microsemi has recently participated in the following events: Read more »
This article explores the benefits behind RISC-V’s open-source hardware model, discussing it’s longevity, portability, and reliability.
The momentum behind RISC-V for embedded applications is undeniable. Read more »
A spacecraft emergency, Mars has been besieged by a massive dust storm. It’s perpetually night as a thick haze fills the atmosphere and blocks the sun.
Already defying the odds by surviving Read more »
Delivering both enhanced safety for the UK’s armed forces and savings for the Ministry of Defence, the A-Ultra system allows the robustness of protective armour to be monitored locally. Read more »
PowerView Pro Power Management Software
PowerView Pro is an advanced power management system that enables the enterprise to monitor power consumption and remotely control Read more »
Arrow and Microsemi are hosting a series of hands-on workshops featuring Microsemi’s low-power, cost-optimized, mid-range PolarFire™ FPGAs and Arrow’s new low-cost Everest Development Kit.Read more »
The first cost-optimized, low-power, mid-range PolarFire™ field programmable gate array (FPGA) device is now production-qualified. Dozens of customers Read more »
Security in embedded designs has been a hot topic for a number of years, but security means different things to different people and organizations. Coming from experience, what one individual considers secure design requirements can vary dramatically Read more »
Designers face many unique challenges when developing systems used in space that do not exist for terrestrial systems.
Among these are the need to ensure the trustworthiness Read more »
Security has been a buzz word for several years across numerous applications. Not surprisingly, defense, military, and government systems were first to implement significant security Read more »
Protect Your Valuable Design IP From Copying and Reverse Engineering
Microsemi FPGAs leverage built-in design security features to protect your valuable design IP:Read more »
Secure hardware is used to create a secure hardware Root of Trust. A hardware Root of Trust is an immutable and trusted starting point from which security can be extended Read more »
It is not enough for today’s demanding applications to meet the functional requirements of their design—they must do so in a secured way. Security starts Read more »
Microsemi’s non-volatile FPGAs have maintained a leadership position in reliability, low-power, and security for several product Read more »
As FPGA capacities become larger, the value of the design IP has become greater. Additionally, the threat landscape has become decidedly more hostile Read more »
PolarFire FPGAs include up to 24 high-speed full-duplex transceiver channels with unique features unavailable in competing devices. The SerDes transceiver was specifically optimized Read more »
In designing the FPGA programmable logic fabric, we aimed to meet mainstream performance requirements with minimal power and cost. Microsemi’s PolarFire FPGAs typically consume one-tenth the static power of competing SRAM FPGAs, and half the total power. Read more »
The PolarFire FPGA family uses SONOS non-volatile (NV) technology on a 28nm technology node. This provides a cost advantage over SRAM-based FPGAs at the same or even smaller node Read more »
The central nervous system serves as a framework for characterizing the rapidly evolving global market for electronic hardware. The cloud is the brain, connected devices are receptors, and the transport network is the nerves that connect Read more »
This year’s Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) took place in New Orleans on July 17–21. Engineers and scientists from Microsemi presented two papers describing new test results on two of Microsemi’s latest radiation-tolerant products… Read more »
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