Low power and just 99cents

Claimed as comparable in density to a 128 macrocell cpld, the 15,000 gate devices offer power consumption as low as 5µW. Because of this, says Actel, the IGLOO AGL015 and ProASIC3 A3P015 devices provide a lower cost, lower power alternative to low density fpgas and cplds in consumer, medical, communications and industrial applications. “There continues to be tremendous demand for low power programmable solutions at lower densities to handle the control and bridging functions in portable designs,” said Actel senior vice president Fares Mubarak. “At this price point, no other low density fpga or cpld can achieve power consumption as low as that offered by the new devices.”