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High performance, predictable delays, and ease of use, are all traits associated with simple programmable-logic devices. When system complexity increases, designers can use gate arrays, but must often sacrifice some […]

San Jose, Calif. - Leading FPGA vendors are looking at ways to put multiple 3.125-Gbit/second transceivers on the edge of their products and to persuade designers they no longer need […]

The planned February release of Quartus 2.0 development software will mark a turning point in Altera Corp.'s software strategy. The updated PLD tool suite will de-emphasize functions such as design […]

San Mateo, Calif. - Altera Corp. has started providing samples of its highest-density logic device based on the latest 0.13-micron design rules. To make the transition, the San Jose, Calif.-based […]

The close of 2001 couldn't come soon enough for IC companies building application-specific and programmable logic ICs. The communications market upon which they had reaped huge rewards in the past-and […]

San Jose, Calif. - Xilinx Inc. says it's on track for yearend sampling of its Virtex 2 FPGA with an embedded PowerPC core. But rival Altera Corp. has postponed plans […]

PLD vendors are looking at new twists on digital signal processing applications and FPGA-to-ASIC conversion. The programmable logic sector, vulnerable to this year's downturn because of its heavy emphasis on […]

San Mateo, Calif. - Altera Corp. and Xilinx Inc. are hoping a slew of new processor cores will draw more system architects to choose programmable-logic devices over ASICs. The cores […]

Silicon Valley -- After years of posting steady declines, the gate array market appears to be enjoying something of a renaissance as OEMs look for lower-cost alternatives to systems-on-a-chip and […]

Just one week after signing a far-reaching supply pact with Nortel Networks Corp., Altera Corp. is teaming up with Motorola Inc.'s Global Telecom Solutions Sector in a similarly structured deal […]

In 1999 Altera set out to develop the Nios processor, a product that would provide the functionality of a microcontroller within a PLD. However, first we had to better understand […]

San Mateo, Calif. - Xilinx Inc. (San Jose, Calif.) will introduce an Altera-to-Xilinx design migration kit this week that will allow users of Altera parts and Max+plus II software to […]

San Mateo, Calif. - FPGA synthesis-tool rivals Synplicity and Mentor Graphics are aggressively bidding to become the quintessential tool vendor for the emerging-and potentially lucrative-programmable-platform market. Indeed, Mentor Graphics Corp.'s […]

PLD VENDORS READY TO RUMBLE The perennial battle between programmable-logic powerhouses Altera and Xilinx is taking on a new intensity. TAIWAN TO MAKE WIRELESS PUSH Long reliant on the PC […]

San Francisco -- Altera Corp. is offering customers an expanded range of processors for embedding in its PLDs. At the Embedded Systems Conference held here last week, the San Jose-based […]

AS A PARTNER OF TAIWAN Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), Altera Corp. last week announced it has achieved two milestones in 0.13-micron and 300mm technology. Programmable logic supplier Altera (nasdaq: ALTR) […]

Sensing a lucrative slice of the system-on-chip market, FPGA vendors are rapidly expanding their intellectual property portfolios and offering increasingly complex functions to customers. They are doing this so OEMs […]

But are embedded microprocessors really a threat to ASICs? How do you top a year of 70% sales growth? Well, you could launch a market expansion plan aimed at keeping [...]

Silicon Valley -- In what could be a defining moment for programmable logic, Altera Corp. expects by the first quarter of 2001 to ship the first PLDs with all-layer copper […]

San Mateo, Calif. - Altera Corp. this week will release its first programmable-logic devices to use copper for all layers of interconnect. Xilinx Inc. was the first to announce the […]

SAN MATEO, CALIF. - In their drive to become system-on-chip companies, programmable-logic vendors are finding themselves taking sides-at least temporarily-among competing SoC bus interconnect standards. That fact comes to light […]

The need for increased bandwidth and demand for network connectivity beyond just the Internet is driving strong growth in the 32-bit microprocessor and microcontroller markets. Shipments of 32-bit and higher-word-width […]

Silicon Valley- As part of its aim to move beyond general-purpose programmable logic, Altera Corp. today will detail an embedded-processor road map that centers on cores from the two leading […]

The ability to offer multiple processor cores allows an FPGA family to supply 'system-on-a-programmable-chip' solutions. Today, almost every embedded system contains three key building blocks--a processor, some memory, and some […]

Silicon Valley- In the programmable-logic market, it's no longer enough to be bigger, faster, and cheaper than the next guy. To win-and keep-the hearts and minds of OEMs, PLD suppliers […]

SAN JOSE, CALIF. - Moving forward with its plan to make systems-on-chip from FPGAs, Altera Corp. this week is launching a program to provide processor cores for its million-gate Apex […]

Silicon Valley- In the fast-paced world of communications-system design, chip makers are learning that time is more precious than efficiency. Even under increasing pressure to provide more gates and megahertz […]

Silicon Valley- Leveraging its significant communications customer base and comprehensive portfolio of DSP cores, Altera Corp. is launching an initiative to penetrate applications traditionally dominated by Texas Instruments Inc. But […]

Altera Corp. has introduced its own PCI-X core specifically targeted for programmable-logic devices. According to the company, the new the PCI-X-based technology is a compatible extension of the existing Peripheral […]

Silicon Valley- Altera Corp. is moving its assault on the ASIC market to a new level, targeting high-volume, price-sensitive communications and consumer applications that few PLDs have been able to […]

ALTERA AND XILINX, the two titans of FPGAs, which Altera calls look-up-table-based programmable-logic devices, have long touted with near-religious fervor their difference of opinion regarding the devices' ideal routing structures. [...]

With the arrival of a new season, programmable-logic architectures are springing up in abundance. Each shares a common feature-set foundation with their predecessors and improve on their manufacturers' previous state [...]

San Jose, Calif.--Complex programmable logic device (CPLD) vendors Altera and Cypress Semiconductor--along with several other companies involved in the programmable logic industry--last week proposed a new language for in-system programming […]

SAN JOSE, CALIF.--In an effort to migrate programmable array logic (PAL) markets toward programmable logic device (PLD) solutions, Altera and Xilinx will this week introduce products that are Pentium-compatible although […]