SiliconBlue's turbo speed version of ultra-low power iCE65 mobileFPGA family

SANTA CLARA, USA: SiliconBlue Technologies, a leading supplier of ultra-low power, single-chip, SRAM FPGAs, announced availability of a new, high-speed, “turbo” option for its iCE65 mobileFPGA family.

Built for high speed using TSMC’s 65nm low power CMOS process, the 65 percent faster speed grade addresses a growing requirement in consumer mobile applications where higher speed logic solutions in battery-based handheld applications are necessary.

Combined with the industry’s only wafer level chip scale package SRAM FPGA, the iCE65 turbo product now offers a complete, unbeatable solution of high speed devices with the lowest power levels, housed within the smallest PCB foot print.

“Consumer handheld designers are constantly creating differentiated products within the confines of extremely small foot prints, increasing system speeds, all at low battery power levels. SiliconBlue addresses these challenges with the new iCE65 turbo product that delivers high-performance, compact, ultra-power efficient programmable logic designs that enable fast deployment of next generation smart phones, ebooks, netbooks and mobile internet devices,” says Kapil Shankar, CEO of SiliconBlue Technologies.

Customers can immediately begin designing with these new product/package combinations using the iCEcube VHDL/Verilog-based development software.

Unit cost for iCE65L04-T in CS63 package is $1.95US, and $3.90US for the iCE65L08 in CC72, both in 1M unit quantities (2010). CS63 is now available in high volume and CC72 available in sample quantities. All devices are available now in both sample and production quantities.

Siltrontech is China and Taiwan distributor for SiliconBlue FPGAs

SANTA CLARA, USA: SiliconBlue Technologies, the leading supplier of ultra-low power, single-chip SRAM FPGAs, recently announced that Siltrontech Electronics Corp. has been selected as a distributor for mainland China and Taiwan.

Established in 1992, Siltrontech will provide sales and technical support for SiliconBlue’s ultra-low power, single-chip iCE65 mobileFPGAs targeted at the rapidly-growing consumer handheld market.

"Siltrontech’s experience selling and supporting products for the mobile communications market is a great benefit to SiliconBlue as we expand our sales force in mainland China and Taiwan," said Kapil Shankar, CEO of SiliconBlue. "We are delighted to have a world class distributor selling and supporting our ultra-low power FPGAs in such an important market."

"SiliconBlue offers the most innovative FPGAs perfectly suited to our customer’s requirements," said Tony Chou, President at Siltrontech. "The iCE65 FPGA is an excellent addition to our product line, and provides an exciting new alternative to consumer hand-held designers who need the benefits of ultra-low power, single-chip, low-cost, constrained space and fast time-to-market for applications such as mobile phones, MIDs, eBooks, netbooks and digital picture frames."

iCE65 family of FPGAs
iCE65 ultra-low power FPGAs are the premier programmable logic solution for consumer, battery-based applications such as smart phones, eBooks/ePaper, netbooks, digital picture frames, mobile internet devices, portable media players, handheld POS, medical instruments, digital still cameras and flash camcorders.

These applications have an extremely short development and product life cycle; therefore, by combining the reprogramming flexibility benefit of FPGAs with the low cost, low power and single-chip benefits of ASICs, iCE65 FPGAs offer the “best of both worlds” solution for handheld consumer system designers.