Actel Mixed-Signal Fusion PSC Raises Silicon Standard for System Management
Unprecedented Integration Can Replace Hundreds
of Discrete Components for Less Than 50 Percent of Cost and Board Area
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., October 16, 2006 —
Actel
Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTL) today announced its single-chip Actel Fusion™ Programmable
System Chip (PSC) can perform system management functions within
electronic systems, a $2.5 billion global market opportunity. These tasks
include power and thermal management, data logging and system diagnostics
within a variety of markets, including telecommunications, industrial,
automotive, aerospace, military and medical.
While many designs can require hundreds of components to handle system
management, the Actel Fusion PSC, the industry's only mixed-signal field-programmable
gate array (FPGA), can integrate these system management functions and
provide programmable flexibility – all in a single chip. As a result,
Fusion PSCs can offer cost and space savings of 50 percent or greater
relative to current implementations.
"We believe there will be a dramatic acceleration in the adoption
of highly flexible and integrated solutions in lieu of utilizing hundreds
of discrete components for system management," said Dennis Kish,
senior vice president of sales and marketing at Actel. "Our Fusion
mixed-signal FPGAs enable us to address the global market at a time when
designers are searching for system management solutions that reduce system
cost while also improving reliability."
Standards-based Implementations
Increased costs and risks are driving the adoption of standards, such
as the Micro Telecom Computing Architecture (MicroTCA). To meet this
growing trend, Actel also announced today several MicroTCA reference
designs (see release "Actel Rolls Out
Industry's First FPGA-based System Management for MicroTCA Market").
Actel believes these free, tested reference designs will drive MicroTCA
adoption and provide templates for the customization of system management
functions. To support system management applications like MicroTCA, Actel
also offers its portfolio of intellectual property (IP) cores for processing,
analog and memory interface and communications.
System Management Development Kit
To speed development time, Actel offers the System Management Development
Kit. Equipped with a Fusion PSC, this complete prototyping and development
kit includes a set of key demonstrations, including power-up detection,
power sequencing, system diagnostics and remote communications. More
information on Fusion's system management capabilities can be found at http://www.actel.com/products/fusion/ecosystem.aspx.
Pricing and Availability
The Fusion PSC System Management and MicroTCA reference design information
is available for free at www.actel.com and
through Actel's worldwide sales team.
Available today, the System Management Development Kit costs $895. For
more information, please contact Actel.
About Actel
Actel Corporation is the leader in single-chip FPGA solutions. The Company
is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol ACTL and is
headquartered at 2061 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, Calif., 94043-4655.
For more information about Actel, visit http://www.actel.com.
Telephone: 888-99-ACTEL (992-2835).
Contact: Ferda Mehmet, A&R Edelman, 415.308.7877
