First for Speed and Performance. Accept Nothing Less.
The latest antifuse FPGA family offered by Actel, Axcelerator
offers high performance and unprecedented design security at densities of
up to 2 million equivalent system gates.
Utilizing the Actel AX architecture, Axcelerator devices have several
system-level features, such as embedded SRAM (with embedded FIFO control
logic), PLLs, segmentable clocks, chip-wide highway routing, and carry
logic.
Based upon 0.15 µm, seven-layers-of-metal CMOS antifuse process technology,
Axcelerator devices offer a level of performance previously only available
in ASIC technology.
Key Features
- 350 MHz system performance
- 500+ MHz internal performance
- 500+ MHz embedded FIFOs
- PLL output up to 1 GHz and 8 PLLs per device
- 6 levels of logic at 156+ MHz
- 1.5 V, 1.8 V, 2.5 V, and 3.3 V mixed-voltage operation
- 8 I/O banks per device
- 8 global clocks per device
- 4.5 kbits variable-aspect RAM blocks with built-in FIFO control
- Intelligent low power operation
- Secure programming technology prevents reverse engineering and design
theft
- Available in military temperature grades
| Device |
AX125 |
AX250 |
AX500 |
AX1000 |
AX2000 |
|
Capacity (in Equivalent System
Gates)
|
125,000
|
250,000
|
500,000
|
1,000,000
|
2,000,000
|
|
Typical Gates
|
82,000
|
154,000
|
286,000
|
612,000
|
1,060,000
|
|
Modules
|
|
Register (R-cells)
|
672
|
1,408
|
2,688
|
6,048
|
10,752
|
|
Combinatorial (C-cells)
|
1,344
|
2,816
|
5,376
|
12,096
|
21,504
|
|
Maximum Flip-Flops
|
1,344
|
2,816
|
5,376
|
12,096
|
21,504
|
|
Embedded RAM/FIFO
|
|
Number of Core RAM Blocks
|
4
|
12
|
16
|
36
|
64
|
|
Total Bits of Core RAM
|
18,432
|
55,296
|
73,728
|
165,888
|
294,912
|
|
Clocks (Segmentable)
|
|
Hardwired
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
Routed
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
|
PLLs
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
I/Os
|
|
I/O Banks
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
8
|
|
Maximum User I/Os
|
168
|
248
|
336
|
516
|
684
|
|
Maximum LVDS Channels
|
84
|
124
|
168
|
258
|
342
|
|
Total I/O Registers
|
504
|
744
|
1,008
|
1,548
|
2,052
|
|
Speed Grades
|
Std., -1, -2
|
Std., -1, -2
|
Std., -1, -2
|
Std., -1, -2
|
Std., -1, -2
|
|
Temperature Grades
|
C, I
|
C, I, M, B
|
C, I, M, B
|
C, I, M, B
|
C, I, M, B
|
|
Package
|
|
CSP
|
180
|
|
|
|
|
|
PQFP
|
|
208
|
208
|
|
|
|
BGA
|
|
|
|
729
|
|
|
FBGA
|
256, 324
|
256, 484
|
484, 676
|
484, 676, 896
|
896, 1152
|
|
CQFP
|
|
208, 352
|
208, 352
|
352
|
256, 352
|
|
CCGA/LGA
|
|
|
|
624
|
624
|
The
Axcelerator family of FPGAs is fully supported by Actel Libero
IDE, a design management environment that guides the user through the
FPGA design flow and provides seamless design tool integration as well
as project, data file, and log file management. Libero IDE enables users
to integrate both schematic and HDL synthesis into a single flow and verify
the entire design in a single environment. The Actel Designer toolset
is included for backend product implementation and programming file generation.
The
Axcelerator
Starter Kit is a complete solution, enabling quick evaluation and design
prototyping of the Actel Axcelerator family. The kit includes the following:
- Evaluation board with a pre-programmed PQ208 socketed AX250 Axcelerator
device
- Actel Libero IDE
Gold
- Power supply
- User's guide including PCB schematics
- Sample design
Other Axcelerator Development Kits & Boards
Actel's Silicon
Sculptor II, a single-site programmer driven via a PC-based GUI,
provides programming support. Silicon Explorer II is an integrated hardware
and software solution that, in conjunction with the Designer tools,
enables designers to examine any of the internal nodes of a device operating
in a prototype or a production system.
For Axcelerator trace and debugging, Silicon Explorer software is available.
Search for
Axcelerator IP Cores.
| Technology Solutions |
|
Does not require additional configuration nonvolatile memory in order
to load the device configuration data at every system power-up, which
reduces cost and increases security and system reliability.
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Greatly simplifies system design, making the device available to
perform critical system setup tasks and reduce bill-of-materials costs
and PCB area. » More
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Antifuse programmable technology is inherently protected against
reverse engineering and unauthorized duplication. » More
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Antifuse configuration elements cannot be altered by high-energy
atmospheric neutrons and are therefore suitable for high reliability
applications at ground level and at aviation altitudes. » More
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Target Applications
- Consumer: Smartphones, GPS, high-end digital cameras,
PDA, wireless gadgets, portable media players
- Industrial: Point of sale, scanners, portable printers,
RFID readers, portable radios, portable test and measurement equipment
- Medical: Dental, medical instrumentation, defibrillators,
insulin pump
- Automotive: Car RF tag, instrumentation controls
- Computing: Modules for laptops, PCMCIA cards
- Telecomm: Wired and wireless electronics with high
performance requirements
- Military/Aerospace: Flight computers, mission computers,
weapon systems, radar control systems
