FPGA family delivers low power at mid-range densities for mutiple markets

Microsemi Corporation (Nasdaq: MSCC), a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, today announced its first cost-optimized, low power, mid-range PolarFire FPGA device is now production-qualified. With 300K LEs, the second largest device in the family targets a variety of applications in the communications, defence, industrial and aviation markets. The company also released their full Libero SoC Design Suite support for PolarFire devices, providing designers with the capability to design in any member of the family. "With the first award-winning PolarFire device production-qualified, current customers can now release their end products into the market, and new customers can start their PolarFire designs with the assurance they are utilizing an FPGA family that has gone through a robust qualification regimen, completing thousands of man hours of testing and validation," said Suresh Menon, vice president of engineering at Microsemi. "All other PolarFire family members will now be rolled out in the forthcoming months and can be designed in today using Microsemi's comprehensive, easy to learn, easy to adopt Libero SoC Design Suite, giving designers a true alternative for mid-range FPGAs."