Product category: Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Actel Europe
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 15 March 2005
FPGAs survive alpha particle test
An independent study has confirmed that Actel's high-reliability FPGAs are resistant to the harmful effects caused by naturally occurring alpha particles.
Underscoring its reputation as a trusted provider of high-reliability field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), Actel Corp has revealed that an independent study confirms its devices are resistant to the harmful effects caused by naturally occurring alpha particles Alpha particles are a form of radiation commonly emitted from impurities in semiconductor packaging material and are capable of upsetting the SRAM configuration memory of FPGAs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 13 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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