These devices are a response to mounting Bill of Material (BOM) costs and are a recognition that a significant portion of the mid-range FPGA market does not require integrated serial transceivers,
The new devices are a derivative of the base PolarFire families and reduce customer costs by up to 30 percent by optimising features and removing integrated transceivers.
According to Microchip, while offering the same low-power consumption and proven security associated with classic PolarFire technology, these devices provide savings without sacrificing functionality or processing capability.
Designed for automotive, industrial automation, medical, communication, defence and aerospace markets, PolarFire Core families feature Single Event Upset (SEU) immunity for mission-critical reliability and integrate a quad-core, 64-bit RISC-V microprocessor (MPU) for flexible compute capabilities.
In addition, these Core devices are designed to be pin-to-pin compatible with the full line of PolarFire FPGAs to accommodate various design SKUs, enhancing value for applications that prioritise cost efficiency over a range of unnecessary features.
“Many FPGA competitors have raised prices recently, creating new challenges for OEMs needing to bring products to market quickly, at the lowest possible cost and power targets,” said Bruce Weyer, corporate vice president of Microchip’s FPGA business unit. “Our PolarFire Core FPGA and SoC families address price and power budget challenges directly, providing market-leading solutions at a favourable price point.”
PolarFire Core devices are supported by Microchip’s Libero SoC Design Suite, SmartHLS compiler, VectorBlox Accelerator SDK and Microchip’s Mi-V ecosystem of partner platforms for rapid RISC-V application development.
They are compatible with currently available PolarFire FPGA and SoC development boards helping to accelerate silicon development.
