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Xilinx Honored for Enabling Technology in the ALICE Experiment at ...  -  05 Apr 2008
Earthtimes,...in recognition of the central role played by Xilinx(R) Virtex(R)-4 FX field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in the core measurement instrumentation.

Return of the ASIC  -  Apr 1, 2008
EDN.com,It may be hard to remember, but this top-dog position was once held by gate arrays (during the 1980s) until ASIC design tools became good enough to allow

NEC Electronics America Shares Tips for Developing Low-Cost Custom ...  -  Apr 1, 2008
FOXBusinessConventional means of addressing these market requirements rely on the use of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Unfortunately, FPGAs alone no longer

Mentor Graphics Announces Synthesis Support for Xilinx Virtex-5 ...  -  Apr 1, 2008
WELT ONLINE,Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced that its suite of advanced synthesis products support Virtex™-5 FXT field programmable gate arrays

Mentor’s Wally Rhines on EDA: Everything is Broken  -  Apr 2, 2008
EDN.com,These were the early days of gate arrays, when ASICs were just starting to become popular with system designers, and this time also marks the start of the

Curtiss-Wright introduces rugged high-speed receiver card for ...  -  Apr 4, 2008
Military & Aerospace Electronics,Based on twin Xilinx Virtex-5 field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), the XMC-E2201 combines input bandwidth in excess of 700 MHz, signal-to-noise ratio

Complete hardware design solutions from ASIC Design Services  -  Apr 3, 2008
Dataweek (press release),The company is primarily focused on the programmable logic market, where it represents Actel renowned for its Flash-based field programmable gate arrays

Dolby Shows Latest HDR Display Prototype Developed in ...  -  Mar 31, 2008
WELT ONLINE,...panel Incorporated into the design is a Xilinx Virtex™ field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) chipset, recently approved by Dolby for HDR innovations.

Ambric Increases Productivity in the Programming of Massively ...  -  Mar 31, 2008
Business Wire (press release),The price-performance exceeds that of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for complex applications, while enabling faster, easier development in software

XtremeData swaps precious modily fluids between FPGAs and Xeons  -  Apr 2, 2008
Register,The company teams with Altera to produce FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) that nestle right into Xeon sockets, providing a massive boost for certain

Dolby and SIM2 Reveal Display Prototype  -  Apr 2, 2008
Pro AV Magazine,A Xilinx Virtex field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) chipset is also included, which enables the implementation of Dolby's HDR algorithms in the SIM2

Common Mobile Security Doesn't Cut it, Hackers Say  -  Mar 30, 2008
Washington Post,They then built a machine with lots of memory that uses Field-Programmable Gate Arrays, high-powered hardware used for intensive calculations,

Ambric and MainConcept Collaborate to Accelerate High Definition ...  -  Apr 2, 2008
Business Wire (press release),...highly scalable solutions for developers accustomed to using multiple digital signal processors (DSPs) and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) in the

The Maybach Journal: Market Review on Mentor Graphics Corp.  -  Apr 2, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),2008 Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that its suite of advanced synthesis products support Virtex-5 FXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs)

Synplicity Announces Immediate Support For Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs  -  Apr 2, 2008
Categorynet.com (Communiqués de presse),...today announced that its advanced FPGA synthesis solution Synplify Pro®, now supports Virtex®-5 FXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Xilinx,

FPGA support provides productivity boost  -  Apr 1, 2008
Electronics Talk (press release),Synplicity's Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis solution now supports Virtex-5 FXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Xilinx. In addition, Synplicity has

MIMO challenges existing ATE  -  Mar 31, 2008
Test & Measurement World,Some vendors have tried to meet this challenge by providing local digital signal processors (DSPs) or field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) to reduce the

SIM2, Dolby showcase 46-inch HDR display prototype  -  Mar 31, 2008
Engadget HD,...level greater than 4000 cd/m2, an "infinite" contrast ratio, 16-bits of luminance and a Xilinx Virtex field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) chipset.

Low-Power FPGAs support I/O-intensive applications.  -  Mar 24, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),...of low-power field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) with the industry's best power-, area-, logic- and feature-per-I/O ratios in a programmable device.

Synopsys: Some Growth Costs Too Much  -  Mar 24, 2008
Motley FoolAccording to Thursday's press release, Synplicity brings with it expertise in programmable chips (called "field programmable gate arrays") that Synopsys

Watermarking Your Chip Design  -  Mar 28, 2008
Chip Design Magazine,Firmware approaches apply to reconfigurable logic, such as fieldprogrammable gate arrays (FPGAs), and include encoding unused lookup-table (LUT) bits in

Synopsys to Buy Synplicity  -  Mar 20, 2008
TheStreet.com...based Synplicity will bring to Synopsys tools for designing programmable chips, known as field programmable gate arrays, as well as other technology,

Lattice Semiconductor Updates Guidance for First Quarter  -  Mar 13, 2008
CNNMoney.comLattice Semiconductor Corporation provides the industry's broadest range of Programmable Logic Devices (PLD), including Field Programmable Gate Arrays

SAIC Announces Delivery of Infrared Sensor Ahead of Schedule  -  Mar 26, 2008
AZoOptics.com (press release),The full-earth infrared surveillance sensor represents advances in large- scale focal planes, field programmable gate arrays, and on-board data processing

Customizable DMA controller ships with Linux drivers  -  Mar 25, 2008
LinuxDevices.com...field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). QuickLogic offers a variety of I/O companion chips for mobile applications processors, like Marvell's PXA270.

Stockwire.com: CHAT LIVE in the only dedicated CHAT ROOM for ...  -  Mar 25, 2008
Trading Markets (press release),The company's programmable logic devices include field programmable gate arrays and complex programmable logic devices that customers program to perform

FPGA vendor rev's design suite  -  Mar 24, 2008
LinuxDevices.comXilinx has upgraded its design suite for field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Intended to the span logic, DSP microcode, and embedded software

Celestica in a tie-up with Microsoft to Develop the BEE3 Platform ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
TMCnetThe way this will work is that there will be four interconnected field-programmable gate arrays (FPGA) linked to a variety of high-speed interfaces.

As Next-Gen Sequencers Push IT Limits, Labs Respond With a Range ...  -  Mar 21, 2008
bio1nf0rm (subscription),...aims to make it easier to deploy accelerated chips like field-programmable gate arrays and application-specific integrated circuits on Intel platforms.

Wednesday's Options Report: MS, XLF, AUXL, CCU, ERIC, XLNX, SCHW, MF  -  Mar 19, 2008
Seeking Alpha,...(XLNX) – Shares in chipmaker Xilinx, which makes so-called field-programmable gate arrays – the chips whose programmability makes them more cost-effective

The Riley Report  -  Mar 19, 2008
Advanced Packaging,...of a silicon chip combining both conventional electronics and molecular components to shrink the size of field-programmable gate arrays (FGPA).

Cswitch raising new round for production of communications chips  -  Mar 19, 2008
The Industry Standard,...the $20 billion custom chip (application specific integrated circuit, or ASIC) market and the $3.7 billion FPGA market (field programmable gate arrays).

Kinsus says contribution from BT-based substrate sales to be flat ...  -  Mar 19, 2008
DigiTimes,Most of Kinsus' BT-based substrates are used in field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), with half of its total capacity going to Altera and Xilinx.

Fast String Search on Multicore Processors  -  Mar 13, 2008
Dr. Dobb's Journal,...manufacturers often employ specialized hardware like Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) or Application-Specific Instruction Processors (ASIPs).

eASIC melds custom chips with fast-turnaround approach  -  Mar 13, 2008
The Industry Standard,The company says its combination of speed-to-market and customization gives it the benefits of two different kinds of chips: field programmable gate arrays

National Semiconductor DS50EV401 quad equaliser for PCIe  -  Mar 12, 2008
ElectronicsWeekly.com,Its input signals can be AC or DC coupled to interface with a variety of ASIC and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

CELESTICA collaborates with MICROSOFT on the development of the ...  -  Mar 11, 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),This is accomplished by four interconnected field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) linked to a variety of high-speed interfaces.

BEE3: Microsoft, FPGAs, and the Future of Computer Architectures  -  Mar 11, 2008
Dr. Dobb's Journal,The BEE3 project, led by Microsoft Research's Chuck Thacker and John Davis, focuses on field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) packaged in a chassis that

Curtiss-Wright selects XJTAG system to improve debug and test of ...  -  Mar 10, 2008
SourceWire (press release),...circuit boards which feature an increasing number of ball grid array (BGA) devices, including high performance field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).

Eight New Members Join SDR Forum  -  Mar 9, 2008
Centre Daily Times,...specializes in advanced system solutions, including dynamic system-level software management of application software and field programmable gate arrays.

Miniature OCXO offers phase noise down to 3 dBm.  -  Mar 7, 2008
ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release),This unit is well suited for applications such as frequency translation, LO sources and clocking of high speed data converters and gate arrays.

ArcSight Forms Strategic Partnership With Alpha Data to Deliver ...  -  Mar 7, 2008
PR-USA.net (press release),The advent of high density, high speed Field Programmable Gate Arrays has allowed creative designers to redefine system performance.

EVE Unveils ZeBu-Personal at DATE  -  Mar 6, 2008
Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung),ZeBu-Personal, based on Virtex5-LX330 field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Xilinx, features a PCI Express card system and offers fully automated

Celestica and Microsoft Develop BEE3 Prototype  -  Mar 6, 2008
Printed Circuit Design & Fab,Using four interconnecting field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) linked to high-speed interfaces, the platform can incorporate a single board to 64 boards

NASA ISS On-Orbit Status 11 March 2008  -  Mar 11, 2008
Space Ref (press release)...large SRAM (Static Random Access Memory)-based FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays), and MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems) sensors.



Government site resources
SBIR Awardees for Fiscal Year: 1996 for ALABAMA 10/06/97 Small ...

Radiation-Hardened Field-Programmable Gate Arrays 32114 NAVY Tanner Research, ... GPS/RFID Tag for Location and Status Monitoring 32356 AF Nacsys Corpp.

HR 4218, High-Performance Computing Revitalization Act of 2004

...computation for storage or that might be applicable for new types of computational devices (eg, field programmable gate arrays or cellular automata).

United States Patent Application: 0040130438

...can be implemented in firmware of a read/write device, such as an RFID interrogator. ... For example, field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can also be used. ...



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