Actel Opens European Processor R&D Centre in Dublin
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., March 20, 2006 —
In tandem with
Ireland's Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Micheál Martin
TD, Actel Corporation today announced it has established a European Processor
Development Center in Dublin with the support of IDA Ireland. An important
extension to the company's global research and development efforts, the
Center has been established to define and develop new processor and processor-related
technologies in support of the company's Programmable System Chip (PSC)
strategy.
Minister Martin said, "This Center is a welcome addition to the
integrated circuit industry in Ireland as the quality of the R&D
and the level of technical innovation is cutting edge. It is an ideal
fit with the initiatives of the Government and IDA Ireland to attract
strategic R&D investments from international companies like Actel
who are leaders in their business."
An integral part of the company's Programmable System Chip (PSC) strategy
is Actel's CoreMP7 soft ARM7 family processor
optimized for use in the company's field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
The powerful combination of the Actel Fusion
PSC or the company's ProASIC3 flash-based
family and CoreMP7 offers designers the flexibility and fast time to
market of programmable logic with the industry standard in processor
technology.
"Driven by a vision for embedded systems based on programmable
platforms, Actel founded its European Processor Development Center in
Ireland, an important addition to the company's worldwide R&D resources," said
John East, President and CEO, Actel. "The combination of the in-depth
processor knowledge in Dublin and Actel's industry experience will result
in innovative system solutions, such as the CoreMP7 soft ARM7 processor
core, which will sustain FPGA and programmable system chip solutions
for a wide range of applications."
Fares Mubarak, Senior Vice President, Engineering, Actel said, "The
availability of designers with in-depth intellectual property (IP) and
microprocessor (MPU) experience made Dublin an appropriate choice for
Actel's European Processor R&D Center. The successful definition,
development and deployment of the company's award-winning CoreMP7 and
user-friendly CoreConsole IP Deployment Platform (IDP) were the direct
result of this group's efforts. For those customers exploring real-world
embedded design leveraging soft processors with FPGAs, our Dublin research
team plans to continue our ongoing R&D activities to create an industry-leading
user experience."
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
