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CEO interview: Sandra Rivera of Altera on the move to Intel 18A
CEO interview: Sandra Rivera of Altera on the move to Intel 18A
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The spinning out of Altera from Intel is opening up key decisions for process technology over the next few years.
Gowin heads into automotive, 12nm FPGA
Gowin heads into automotive, 12nm FPGA
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FPGA ‘startup’ Gowin Semiconductor is expecting to receive ISO26262 certification for its FPGAs for use in automotive as it prepares…
AMD moves to monolithic 6nm FPGA for edge AI, automotive  
AMD moves to monolithic 6nm FPGA for edge AI, automotive  
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AMD has launched its second generation of Versal ‘adaptive SoC’ for edge AI applications, moving back to a monolithic chip…
Uncertainty processing startup offers FPGA dev on microSD
Uncertainty processing startup offers FPGA dev on microSD
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Signaloid Ltd. (Cambridge, England), a 2019 startup focused on uncertainty analysis, is offering FPGA development based on a microSD card.

Altera boosts FPGA for AI, extends lifetime
Altera boosts FPGA for AI, extends lifetime
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Intel’s Altera FPGA business is aiming to hit competitor AMD on three fronts. Not only is it launching its mid-range 7nm Agilex 5 FPGA family with AI acceleration to take…
ZeroASIC launches simplified open source FPGA toolchain
ZeroASIC launches simplified open source FPGA toolchain
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ZeroASIC has launched a lightweight open source FPGA toolchain to automate circuit design using a simple Python script. The Logik FPGA toolchain is powered by the ZeroASIC Silicon Compiler framework to…
Quad core RISC-V FPGA is automotive qualified
Quad core RISC-V FPGA is automotive qualified
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Efinix in California has launched a line of FPGA devices with 32bit RISC-V cores specifically for the automotive industry. The Titanium Ti375 is automotive qualified and with the Efinix Efinity tool…
Former Moortec executives create chip monitor startup
Former Moortec executives create chip monitor startup
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Stephen Crosher and other former executives with Moortec Semiconductor Ltd. have founded Monic Semiconductor Ltd. (Plymouth, England). The goal of the company is to “develop the next generation of monitors…
AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA targets cost-sensitive edge applications
AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA targets cost-sensitive edge applications
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AMD is launching a range of FPGAs for cost sensitive applications, building on IP from its UltraScale+ devices. The AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA family is built in a 16nm FINFET…
Intel to add AI to Altera Quartus FPGA tool
Intel to add AI to Altera Quartus FPGA tool
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Intel is adding AI support to its Quartus FPGA tools as it spins off the business as Altera. “As customers deal with increasingly complex technological challenges and work to differentiate…
$99 RISC-V dev board adds Raspberry Pi, Clik board interfaces
$99 RISC-V dev board adds Raspberry Pi, Clik board interfaces
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Microchip Technology has developed a low cost FGPA development kit for RISC-V designs with Raspberry Pi and MikroBus interfaces for HATs and Clik board peripherals. The $132 PolarFire Discovery kit…
AMD combines embedded processor and FPGA in edge AI architecture
AMD combines embedded processor and FPGA in edge AI architecture
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AMD has combined its Ryzen Embedded processors with its Versal FPGAs on a validated board design for edge AI applications. The Embedded+ architecture combines the AMD Ryzen Embedded processors with…
AMD discontinues CPLDs, low end FPGAs
AMD discontinues CPLDs, low end FPGAs
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AMD has issued a product discontinuation notice for its complex PLD and low end FPGA devices citing declining demand. The product discontinuation notice AMD issued to distributors covers the XC9500XL,…
AMD shows first 7nm automotive FPGA and embedded processor
AMD shows first 7nm automotive FPGA and embedded processor
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AMD is launching its first automotive parts on 7nm process technology with a focus on edge AI and cockpit The 7nm AMD Versal AI Edge XA adaptive SoC includes hardware…
Gowin fills out Arora-V FPGA family
Gowin fills out Arora-V FPGA family
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Gowin Semiconductor Corp. (Guangzhou, China) has filled out its Arora-V FPGA family with smaller LUT device offerings. When the family was launched in September 2023, based on 22nm SRAM technology,…
OnSemi, Lattice guide to Q4 weakness
OnSemi, Lattice guide to Q4 weakness
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Two broadly-based chip companies, OnSemi and Lattice Semiconductor, have both guided to below-seasonal Q4 revenue declines of about 8 percent within their 3Q23 financial results. OnSemi, strongly engaged in automotive…
Intel plans to IPO its FPGA business
Intel plans to IPO its FPGA business
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Chip company Intel has announced a plan to take its programmable solutions group (PSG) public via an IPO. Initially, PSG will operate as a wholly-owned but separate business from January…
SambaNova AI chip runs models with up to 5 trillion parameters
SambaNova AI chip runs models with up to 5 trillion parameters
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SambaNova Systems has announced an AI chip to power its full stack large language model (LLM) platform. The SambaNova SN40L chip supports both dense and sparse computing through a…
Intel launches low end Agilex 3 FPGA family
Intel launches low end Agilex 3 FPGA family
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Intel has launched a family of FPGAs for the low end alongside its Cyclone and Max devices. The Agilex 3 FPGA has the same focus on ease of use, low…
Intel launches compact RISC-V Nios processor core
Intel launches compact RISC-V Nios processor core
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Intel has launched a new, compact soft core for its FPGA devices based on the RISC-V open instruction set architecture. The Nios V/c compact microcontroller is the smallest core in…
Intel opens up its Simics virtual FPGA platform
Intel opens up its Simics virtual FPGA platform
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Intel has opened up its Simics internal FPGA virtual platform simulation for the first time. The Simics Simulator for Intel FPGA is now public on the Intel Website, opening up…
FPGA module and starter kit for industrial drives
FPGA module and starter kit for industrial drives
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AMD has launched an FPGA-based System-on-Module (SOM) and Drives Starter Kit that is half the size of a credit card. The Kria K24 FPGA SoM targets cost-sensitive industrial and commercial…
FPGA boosts detection area for automotive camera
FPGA boosts detection area for automotive camera
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Hitachi Astemo is using AMD’s XA Zynq UltraScale+ FPGA multicore system on chip for a stereo camera platform provides a 3X wider detection area than prior generation cameras The latest…
First 22nm FGPA with hardened RISC-V cores
First 22nm FGPA with hardened RISC-V cores
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Gowin Semiconductor has hardened a RISC-V core and peripherals and embedded them into its latest 22nm FPGA. The GW5AST-138 FPGA uses the A25 RISC-V CPU IP and AE350 peripheral subsystem…
AI drives AMD to buy French FPGA compiler firm Mipsology
AI drives AMD to buy French FPGA compiler firm Mipsology
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AMD has acquired French FPGA compiler expert Mipsology for an undisclosed sum. The Mipsology software team will join the AMD AI Group to help further accelerate our customer engagements and…
Rambus boosts FPGA security with post quantum IP
Rambus boosts FPGA security with post quantum IP
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Rambus has launched a suite of security IP for the FPGA market with the latest cryptographic, side-channel and Quantum Safe protections. The Rambus security IP is designed to be integrated…
AMD to spend $400m for Indian design centre
AMD to spend $400m for Indian design centre
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AMD is to spend $400m over the next five years to expand its research, development and engineering operations in India. The investment will create AMD’s largest design centre, adding 3,000…
Lattice Drive stack to accelerate automotive application development
Lattice Drive stack to accelerate automotive application development
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Lattice Semiconductor has launched a software stack to accelerate the development of advanced, flexible Automotive system designs and applications on its FPGA devices. The Lattice Drive stack expands the company’s…


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