Actel
ASF
Agenda
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General Session

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Executive Keynote
John East
8:45 AM – 9:30 AM Product Roadmap
Ken O'Neill
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Power Matters: Challenges and Solutions
Nizar Abdallah
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM Timing Analysis and Constraints with SmartTime
Tim McCarthy
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM – 11:30 AM RT ProASIC3 Design Techniques
Ron Evans
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM RTAX-DSP Design Techniques
Joel Landry
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Segmentable Globals in Actel RT Products
Tim McCarthy
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch and Special Presentation
Mars Science Laboratory FPGA Overview
Douglas J. Sheldon, JPL
— Go to Preferred Track Session —

Track 1

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Block Flow in Designer Software
Tim McCarthy
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM Radiation Characterization & Mitigation of RTAX-S FPGAs
Sana Rezgui
2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Designing with RTAX-S: Applications Engineer's Viewpoint
Jonathan Alexander
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Radiation Characterization & Mitigation of RT ProASIC3 Flash-Based FPGAs
Sana Rezgui
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM QML Class V Qualification and Future Product Qualification Activities
Solomon Wolday
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM RTAX-S Design Optimization Using Fast Carry and I/O Registers
Vishal Aggarwal
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM RTAX-S and Simultaneously Switching Outputs (SSO)
Amal Zerrouki
— Return to General Session —

Track 2

1:30 PM – 2:15 PM Implementing System-Level DSP Algorithms in Actel FPGAs Using Synplify DSP
Angela Sutton, Synopsys
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM Using EDAC and Scrubbing to Protect SRAM in RTAX-S
Steve Swanstrom
2:45 PM – 3:15 PM High Performance Analog and Mixed Signal Solutions for Space Applications
Ted Karlin, National Semiconductor
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Break
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM Bus Interface IP—PCIF and MIL-STD-1553
Cameron Wade
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM Fault Tolerant LEON3 Processor and Peripherals
Sandi Habinc, Aeroflex Gaisler AB
4:30 PM – 5:00 PM Radiation Hardened (RH) Product and ELDRS Characterization Updates
Rafi Albarian, Linear Technology
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM Reprogrammable Prototyping Solution for RT FPGAs
Olga Melnikova, Aldec
— Return to General Session —

General Session

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM Roundtable Discussions
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Reception