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LATTICE MachXO2 PLD Family Sets New Standards For Low Cost, Low Power Designs
— Over 100X Power Reduction, Up to 30% Lower Cost,
Highlight New Benefits for Low-density PLD Designers —
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) has unveiled its new MachXO2TM PLD family, which offers designers of low-density PLDs an unprecedented mix of low cost, low power and high system integration in a single device. Built on a low power 65-nm process featuring embedded Flash technology, theMachXO2 family delivers a 3X increase in logic density, a 10X increase in embedded memory, more than a 100X reduction in static power and up to 30% lower cost compared to the MachXOTM PLD family. In addition, several popular functions used in low-density PLD applications, such as User Flash Memory (UFM), I2C, SPI and timer/counter, have been hardened into the MachXO2 devices, providing designers a “Do-it-All-PLD” for high volume, cost sensitive designs.
“Through the use of 65-nm embedded Flash technology, we have reduced costs and increased functionality for our traditional customers in the computing, industrial and telecommunication infrastructure markets, while dramatically reducing power consumption for designers of consumer equipment,” said Gordon Hands, Director of Marketing for Low Density and Mixed Signal Solutions. “Many early access customers are already evaluating and designing with MachXO2 devices in a broad range of applications.”
MachXO2 Block Diagram
Three Product Options For Maximum Flexibility
The MachXO2 family offers three options for maximum flexibility. MachXO2 ZE devices range from 256 to 7K look-up tables (LUTs), operate off a nominal 1.2V power supply, and support system performance up to 60MHz. With power specified as low as 19uW and packages as small as 2.5mmx2.5mm, the MachXO2 ZE devices are optimized for cost-sensitive, low power consumer design applications such as smart phones, GPS devices and PDAs.
MachXO2 HC devices range from 256 to 7K LUTs, operate off a nominal 3.3V or 2.5V power supply, and support system performance up to 150MHz. Offering up to 335 user I/O and a robust design solution (instant-on, non-volatile, input hysteresis and single-chip), these devices are ideal for control applications in end markets such as telecommunications infrastructure, computing, industrial and medical equipment.
MachXO2 HE devices range from 2K to 7K LUTs, operate off a nominal 1.2V power supply and support system performance up to 150MHz. These devices are optimized for power sensitive system applications.
Free Design Tools and Free Reference Designs Accelerate Development Time
Customers can start designing with MachXO2 devices today using Lattice DiamondTM v1.1 software, which can be downloaded for free from the Lattice website at
http://www.latticesemi.com/latticediamond/downloads/
Existing ispLEVERR software users have the option to use the free ispLEVER v8.1 SP1 Starter software, downloadable from the Lattice web site, with an installed control pack. Visit http://www.latticesemi.com/starter.
In order to enable quick and efficient design and deployment of commonly used functions in system and consumer applications, more than 20 reference designs using MachXO2 devices can be downloaded for free from the Lattice website at http://www.latticesemi.com/referencedesigns.
For more information, including pricing or availability on devices from the new MachXO2TM PLD family, please contact us.
ZamLock Pro Secure Flash Drive for rugged Industrial and Military Applications
ZamLock Pro the only secure memory storage device that balances security, usability and cost.
- 10-key PIN-pad
- Multiple density options, up to 16GB
Physical Protection Highlights
- The strengthened anodised aluminium shell is filled with an epoxy potting, providing a damage resistant barrier
- Designed to meet IP57 rating for dust resistance and waterproof up to 1 meter immersion
Data Protection Highlights
- Authentication performed on drive, not computer, makes drive immune to keyboard loggers
- PIN-pad protection makes drive impervious to computer/Internet based hacking attempts since drive is not mounted until correct PIN is entered
- Full-disk encryption with on-the-fly 256-bit AES hardware encryption
- 10 incorrect PIN attempts deletes both the PIN and encryption key, requiring reformat of the drive (drive recoverable, not data)
Usability Highlights
- Truly platform independent. Use with and across any Operating System with no updates ever required
- Compatible with any software application (3rd party port management software, virtual desktop, portable applications, etc.) and bootable
- Dual-PIN capable (administrator & user)
While maintaining the unparallel hardware authentication and encryption standard in all Zamlock drives, the ruggedised Zamlock Pro is designed with the mobile workforce in mind.
Additional physical features make the 10-key Zamlock Pro the go-to storage memory drive for users where data security is critical.
For more details or pricing regarding ZamLock Secure Flash Drives, please contact us.
ISSI adds 256Mb DDR2 SDRAM to portfolio, targeted for Automotive, Networking, Telecom, and Industrial Applications
Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc. (Nasdaq: ISSI), a leader in advanced memory solutions, has added the 256Mb density to their family of DDR2 SDRAMs. This addition expands ISSI’s DDR2 SDRAM family to include densities of 256Mb, 512Mb and 1Gb. This expansion of the DDR2 SDRAM product family adds to ISSI’s already extensive offering of SDR, DDR and DDR2 SDRAMs.
The 256Mb density is offered as 8Mx32, 16Mx16 and 32Mx8, in BGA packages with speeds up to 400Mhz (DDR2-800), giving design engineers a lower density option when a 512Mb device is not required. These devices operate from a single supply voltage of 1.8V
DDR2 SDRAMs are used in a variety of applications including automotive telematics and infotainment, networking/telecom access nodes, VoIP, switches, routers, and packet optical transport, plus many industrial applications. These applications typically require long term production support, which ISSI specialise in.
Samples and volume production support for the 8Mx32, IS43DR32800A (Standard Page Size) and the IS43DR32801A (Reduced Page Size) are available now.
Samples of the 16Mx16, IS43DR16160A and 32Mx8, IS43DR83200B are available now with volume production support beginning in Q1 2011. Samples of automotive versions of the 8Mx32, IS46DR32801A and the 16Mx16, IS46DR16160A are also available now.
For more details or pricing regarding these 256M DDR2 SDRAM, or any other memory solutions from ISSI, please contact us.