Actel ProASIC3 FPGAs Selected for Miniature USB-Based Test and Measurement Equipment
Flash-based Devices Meet Elan Digital's Requirements
for Footprint, Security, Price, Power and Performance
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 24, 2006 —
Actel
Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTL) today announced that its single-chip, flash-based ProASIC3 field-programmable
gate arrays (FPGAs) have been selected for use within the USBscope50,
part of Elan Digital Systems' portfolio of miniature USB-based test and
measurement equipment. Actel's secure, low-power A3P250 solution will
perform vital signal processing functions at the heart of current and
future products that can turn a desktop or laptop PC into a professional-grade
digital sampling oscilloscope (DSO).
"Actel's ProASIC3 FPGA device was the only design option that fully
satisfied our requirements for single chip, security, price, power consumption
and performance. The unparalleled security features of the ProASIC3 devices
were particularly critical, allowing us to securely outsource our manufacturing
and assembly and hence, drive our costs down," said Julian Barnard,
managing director of Elan. "As a result, we were able to quickly
deliver the USBscope50 with its own unique combination of low overall
price, small form factor and high performance."
Key to the design was the implementation of sizeable memory blocks and
timing critical constructs. Able to handle such functionality, Actel's
nonvolatile FPGA links the high-speed analog-to-digital converter (ADC)
with a USB interface device, providing ADC interface timing, control
and data transfer; data storage; and a UART interface for data transfer.
"With our single-chip ProASIC3 FPGAs, we are able to provide the
valuable cost, area, security and power benefits often required by emerging
portable, battery-operated applications," said Martin Mason, Actel's
director of silicon product marketing. "Through our differentiated
and successful flash technology, Actel plans to continue to offer new
products suitable for portable applications in the industrial, consumer,
medical and communications markets."
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
