Actel announces improvements to RTAX FGPAs

Actel (Mountain View, Calif.) said it has reduced the static power consumption for RTAX-SL FPGAs by up to 80 percent compared to RTAX-S FPGAs. The company announced a faster speed grade for the 4-million gate RTAX4000S FPGA, bringing 10 percent higher performance.

Other improvements announced by Actel include a low-power RTAX4000SL FPGA, available in CQFP352 and CGA/LGA 1272 packages, which the company claims reduces static power consumption by 50 percent compared to the RTAX4000S FPGA, and 624-pin CCGA and LGA packages for the RTAX250S/SL FPGA, giving designers a 17 percent increase in available I/Os and more than 50 percent savings in footprint.

Actel also said it increased the absolute maximum junction temperature for the RTAX-S/SL FPGA to 135°C.

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