1. DSD Presentation Introduction of Actel FPGA

2. page 22015/9/11 Presentation Outline  Overview  Actel FPGA Characteristic  Actel FPGA Architecture  Actel FPGA Application

3. page 32015/9/11 Presentation Introduction To FPGA  FPGA  Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)  Programmable Logic Device (PLD)  Development Bias  High Density  High Performance  Low Cost  Low Power  Integrated

4. page 42015/9/11 Presentation Supplier MMany FPGA suppliers have entered the market over the years  Xilinx  Altera  Lattice  Atmel ctel  ……etc

5. page 52015/9/11 Presentation Actel  Flash based FPGA  Encryption  Do not need to be configured each time power is applied  Anti-fuse FPGA  one time programmable  Suited using on product line

6. page 62015/9/11 Presentation Outline  Overview  Actel FPGA Characteristic  Actel FPGA Architecture  Actel FPGA Application

7. page 72015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Characteristic FFuse vs. Anti-fuse FFlash vs. SRAM

8. page 82015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Characteristic  Fuse vs. Anti-fuse  Fuse  Resistance changes from Low to High at high current  Programmed only once  Anti-fuse  Resistance changes from High to Low when high voltage  Require a very small area –More connections than others technologies  Programmed only once

9. page 92015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Characteristic FFuse vs. Anti-fuse FFlash vs. SRAM

10. page 102015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Characteristic  SRAM  Advantage:  Re-programmable (erasable)  Faster (than Flash)  Disadvantage:  Volatile  Extra ROM  Need time for reading programs from ROM  Poor Information Security

11. page 112015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Characteristic  Flash  Advantage:  Re-programmable (erasable)  Non-volatile  Information Security  Disadvantage:  Slower (than SRAM)

12. page 122015/9/11 Presentation Outline  Overview  Actel FPGA Characteristic  Actel FPGA Architecture  Actel FPGA Application

13. page 132015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Architecture(AX1000)

14. page 142015/9/11 Presentation Actel Programmable Gate Arrays Rows of programmable logic building blocks + rows of interconnect Anti-fuse Technology: Program Once Use Anti-fuses to build up long wiring runs from short segments

15. page 152015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Architecture Interconnection Fabric

16. page 162015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Architecture(C-Cell)

17. page 172015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Architecture(C-Cell)  C-Cell  Basic multiplexer logic plus more inputs and support for fast carry calculation  Carry connections are “ direct ” and do not require propagation through the programmable interconnect

18. page 182015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Architecture(R-Cell)

19. page 192015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Architecture(R-Cell)  R-Cell  Core is D flip-flop  Muxes for altering the clock and selecting an input  Feed back path for current value of the flip-flop for simple hold  Direct connection from one C-cell output of logic module to an R-cell input; Eliminates need to use the programmable interconnect

20. page 202015/9/11 Presentation Outline  Overview  Actel FPGA Characteristic  Actel FPGA Architecture  Actel FPGA Application

21. page 212015/9/11 Presentation Actel FPGA Application  Space  Military