What’s New ASIC solutions provider
A breakthrough in automated FPGA-to-ASIC conversion allows fabless semiconductor company KaiSemi to provide customers with a seamless full turnkey ASIC solution, selling fully compatible replacement chips.
KaiSemi's proven process uses a unique
in-house tool, which performs an automated conversion directly fromthe original FPGA netlist into a functionally- identical ASIC gate-level netlist.
Backed by a tier-one fab vendor,
KaiSemi's automated conversion utilizes a database ofmultiple proven standard-cell fab process libraries. Thewide range of libraries enables the conversion of any type and size of FPGA fromany FPGA vendor to ASIC. This approach is accompanied by deep cost optimization during the automated conversion and allows the use of 3rd party standard hard cores (such as DDR interface, PCIe Phy, etc). The resulting ASICs –which are pin-compatible, timing- compatible, and functionally identical to the original FPGAs – consume less power and cost up to 70%less than their FPGA counterparts.
KaiSemi's automated conversion and flow
eliminates the need for customer involvement and resources, NRE costs, long lead times, and the risks that are part of traditional FPGA-to-ASIC conversion flows. KaiSemimanages thewhole FPGA-to-ASIC process for the customer, fromthe purchase order through conversion, the ASIC flow, manufacturing, all theway through to the shipment of the ASIC chips. This seamless conversion process – combinedwith the Zero NREmodel – lets the customer order an ASIC chip as if itwere an off-the-shelf second-source replacement chipwith a relatively short lead-time.
KaiSemi's teammembers originate in
Flextronics-Semi's conversion division, where they specialized in VLSI, EDA and FPGA-to-ASIC gate array conversions. For more than 10 years, the teammembers performed over 500 successful conversions of FPGA/ASIC components.
www.kaisemi.com Big light, little spaces
Lumex announces the global launch of the through-holeQuasarBrite 4-Leaded RGB LED. With amarket-leading 120° viewing angle, theQuasarBrite 4-Leaded RGB LED is ideally suited for applications that require high intensity light in spatially restricted spaces. Additionally, theQuasarBrite 4-Leaded RGB LED boasts an innovative lead frame design that provides superior heat dissipation and provides opportunities for cost and real estate savings.
TheQuasarBrite 4-Leaded RGB
LED provides excellent visual performance.Whereas a traditional through-hole LED features a viewing angle of 30° to 60°, the QuasarBrite 4-Leaded RGB LED has a viewing angle of 120°. The RGB format combinedwith this extended viewing angle provides consistent,well-matched visual performance and even viewangle throughout the display.
TheQuasarBrite 4-Leaded RGB LED features
an enhanced thermal design lead frame, which allows for superior heat dissipation and therefore longer life expectancy. The off-the- board design also provides enhanced convectionwith air freely passing on all sides of the epoxy formore efficient cooling.
These featuresmake theQuasarBrite 4- Leaded RGB LED ideal for applications that
require amatrix of high intensity outputwith awide viewing angle including:
• HighOutput Signage (close proximity) (such as airport, retail and hospitality signage);
• General lighting (decorative lighting, indicator lighting);
• Gaming (decorative and indicator lighting throughout
gamingmachines); TheQuasarBrite 4-Leaded RGB
LED also provides several opportunities for cost and real estate savings. The use of a single 4-Leaded RGB LED can result in up to a 30%cost savings aswell as a 70%real estate savings compared to the use of individual red, green and blue
packages. Replacing three partswith a single part number also simplifies ordering and maintenance processes.
The RoHS compliant 4-Leaded RGB LEDs
(part number SSL-LX503SIUPGUSBC) contain three individual dies in red (635nm), green (520nm) and blue (470nm). Samples of these devices are available fromstock, with production quantities in 6-8 weeks. Pricing is dependent on quantity ordered, and is less than one dollar per unit in production quantities.
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