The RISC-V Foundation, a non-profit corporation controlled by its members to drive the adoption and implementation of the open, free RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) forward, today announced that the Foundation’s membership has exceeded more than 100 organizations, individuals, academics and universities from 19 countries and six continents around the world. Since its inception in 2015, […]
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IEEE 1588 PTP clock designed with extensive port fan-out
Microsemi Corporation announced the launch of its TimeProvider 4100, a highly flexible IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP)grandmaster clock designed to scale from the edge to the aggregation layers of both mobile infrastructure and access networks. The TimeProvider 4100 is a gateway clock, a new class of synchronization product which accepts multiple inputs from Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), Synchronous Ethernet […]
Development tools speed design of RISC-V platforms
Microsemi Corporation announced the company’s new Mi-V ecosystem with industry leaders, to increase adoption of its RISC-V soft central processing unit (CPU) product family. The announcement comes as the company also introduces Mi-V RV32IMA and additional field programmable gate array (FPGA)-based soft CPU solutions ideally suited for designs utilizing RISC-V open instruction set architectures (ISAs). RISC-V, an ISA which is a […]
Nanosecond-accurate Ethernet switches target 5G apps
Microsemi Corporation announced its new Serval-T Ethernet switch product family delivering nanosecond accurate IEEE 1588 solutions that can meet next-generation 5G network as well as location-based service requirements. This unique device family, which includes Serval-T (VSC7415), Serval-TE (VSC7435) and Serval-TE10 (VSC7437), integrates Microsemi’s Carrier Ethernet Switch capabilities with an on-chip phase-locked loop (PLL), expanding the company’s portfolio of access networking and timing solutions. The […]
High-speed, radiation-tolerant FPGAs now in CQFP package
Microsemi Corporation today announced its RTG4 high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant field programmable gate array (FPGA) engineering samples in a ceramic quad flat pack (CQFP) package are now available. The new CQ352 package, which conforms to the CQFP industry standard for space applications, features 352 pins to enable a more cost-effective integration than higher pin count […]
NVM Express flash controllers handle eight channels
Microsemi Corporation announced the production release of its Flashtec™ NVM Express (NVMe) 2108 eight-channel controllers, enabling leading enterprises and data centers worldwide to realize cost- and power-efficient high capacity solid state drives (SSDs). The devices extend Microsemi’s leadership in the NVMecontroller segment with robust mainstream performance and support for capacities to 16GB and greater. Customers will enjoy the architectural […]
Clock-management fanout buffers expand input/output options
Microsemi Corporation announced four new miClockBuffer™products and three new miSmartBuffer™ products in its portfolio of clock management fanout buffers. The ZL40230, ZL30235 and ZL30240 miSmartBufferand ZL40231, ZL40234, ZL40241 and ZL40260 miClockBuffer devices further expand Microsemi’s broad lineup of high performance products targeted to a variety of applications within the communications, data center and enterprise markets. The ZL40231, ZL40234, ZL40241 and ZL40260 provide customers with single-ended […]
Polarfire mid-range FPGAs carry 100K to 550K logic elements
Microsemi Corporation today announced its PolarFire™ field programmable gate array (FPGA) engineering samples (ES) are available for ordering. The PolarFire FPGA family provides the lowest power, cost-optimized mid-range devices spanning from 100K logic elements (LEs) to 500K LEs. Its PolarFire Evaluation Kit, already shipping to key customers, is also available for ordering from the company and its distribution […]
Eclipse integrated development environment targets RISC-V open instruction set designs
Microsemi Corporation announced the release of its SoftConsole version 5.1, the world’s first available Windows-hosted Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) for designs utilizing RISC-V open instruction set architectures (ISAs) such as RV32I. SoftConsole, Microsemi’s free software development environment enabling rapid production of C and C++ programming language designs for its field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), will be showcased at […]
FPGAs include SRAM physical unclonable function for high security
Microsemi Corporation today announced Intrinsic ID’s static random-access memory (SRAM) physical unclonable function (SRAM PUF) is included in Microsemi’s new PolarFire field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). QUIDDIKEY-FLEX is a state-of-the-art high-security key generation and storage mechanism offering advanced security features based on SRAM PUF. The SRAM PUF hardware serves as a primary element in the security of Microsemi’s PolarFire […]
