Actel Corporation is a supplier of innovative programmable logic solutions, including field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) based on antifuse and flash technologies, high-performance intellectual property (IP) cores, software development tools and design services targeted for the high-speed communications, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) replacement and radiation-tolerant markets. Founded in 1985, Actel employs approximately 500 people worldwide. The Company is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACTL.
Actel recently entered a new era of competitive intervention with the launch of its ProASIC3/E family, the company's third generation of flash-based programmable logic solutions and the world's lowest cost FPGAs. With the ProASIC3/E families, Actel addresses strong market demand for full-featured, cost-effective FPGAs for consumer, automotive and other price-sensitive application areas. This "value-based" segment represents the fastest growing component of the FPGA market and is estimated to be $500M this year. The ProASIC3/E family adds to the commercial antifuse and the high reliability products that have traditionally underpinned Actel’s business.
"Over the past 10 years, flash technology has evolved into a disruptive technology, dramatically impacting every application it has touched," said John East, president and CEO of Actel. "For example, flash technology has transformed cell phones, cameras and video recorders into revolutionary variants of their predecessors. Flash is now poised to do the same for the programmable logic market. Indeed, the paradigm for mainstream FPGA technology platforms has changed forever, and Actel is in a position of leadership."
Axcelerator FPGAs
- Density: 125,000 to 2,000,000 system gates
- High-density, nonvolatile FPGAs with unprecedented internal core performance
- Single-chip, high utilization, live at power-up solutions for high performance communications and industrial applications
ProASICPLUS FPGAs
- Density: 75,000 to 1,000,000 system gates
- Second generation of nonvolatile, reprogrammable, flash-based FPGAs
- ASIC alternative solutions for complex industrial, avionics, communications and consumer applications
ProASIC FPGAs
- Density: 98,000 to 473,000 system gates
- Nonvolatile, reprogrammable, flash-based FPGAs for industrial control, avionics and communications applications
SX-A/SX FPGAs
- Density: 4,000 to 108,000 system gates
- High-speed, low-power devices for communications, consumer and industrial applications
eX FPGAs
- Density: 3,000 to 12,000 system gates
- Low-cost, low-power ASIC alternative for e-Appliance/consumer and communications infrastructure applications
MX FPGAs
- Price/performance leader at 5.0V
- Density: 3,000 to 54,000 system gates
- 5V FPGAs for consumer, industrial and high-reliability applications
High-Reliability and Radiation-Tolerant Devices
- Density: 3,000 to 108,000 system gates
- High-reliability devices for military and aerospace, including satellite and avionics equipment applications
Software Solutions
Actel's Libero™ Integrated Design Environment (IDE) and Designer software solutions include design tools recognized by the industry as among the easiest to use and most complete high-level tools for FPGA devices. The company also offers the Silicon Explorer II, a hardware/software design verification and debugging tool. Actel works closely with its EDA partners to provide solutions that work with existing software and design flows. Some of these partners include Cadence, Celoxica, Mentor Graphics, Model Technology, SynaptiCAD, Synopsys, Synplicity and Innoveda.
Intellectual Property (IP) Cores
Actel offers IP cores for high-performance communications, networking, telecom, high-reliability and military applications. When implemented in high-performance Actel devices, these cores offer designers the benefits of faster time-to-market, reduced design cost, and high-speed performance advantages.
Headquarters:
2061 Stierlin Court
Mountain View, CA, 94043-4655
Telephone: 888-99-ACTEL (992-2835)
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