Product category: Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Lattice Semiconductor UK | Subject: LatticeXP
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 03 March 2005
Novel architecture cuts cost of
nonvolatile FPGAs
The new LatticeXP devices combine a low-cost FPGA architecture with nonvolatile, infinitely reconfigurable ispXP (expanded programmability) technology.
The new LatticeXP devices combine a low-cost FPGA architecture with nonvolatile, infinitely reconfigurable ispXP (expanded programmability) technology The LatticeXP devices deliver the benefits of instant-on operation, excellent security and a single-chip implementation and provide cost-effective alternatives to SRAM-based FPGAs and their associated boot memories
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 1 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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