Lattice Semiconductor has introduced new small- and mid-range field-programmable gate array (FPGA) elements, the previous constructed across the Lattice Nexus 2 platform — and delivering, the corporate claims, a threefold lowering in energy than “comparable class aggressive” FPGA elements.
“At Lattice, we’re proud to steer technological developments in low energy, small type issue FPGAs, making certain our clients have the optimum units, instruments, and options to design groundbreaking purposes which can be energy environment friendly, quick, and safe,” claims Lattice’s chief technique and advertising and marketing officer Esam Elashmawi. “From the sting to the cloud throughout a wide range of industries, FPGAs stand on the forefront of innovation, and we’re dedicated to delivering versatile and strong small and mid-range FPGA options that allow our clients and companions to unlock their full potential.”
Lattice has formally launched the Certus-N2 small FPGA household, constructed round its new Nexus 2 platform. (📷: Lattice Semiconductor)
The Lattice Nexus 2 platform on the coronary heart of the corporate’s newest launch is constructed on Taiwan Semiconductor (TSMC)’s 16nm FinFET course of node, with Lattice claiming a spread of benefits over the competitors — together with, by the corporate’s personal measurements, as much as a threefold discount in energy draw, greater than 3 times the MIPI velocity, and an order of magnitude enchancment in configuration occasions, in a footprint as little as one-fifth the scale.
The primary elements to be constructed on the Nexus 2 platform are the Certus-N2 FPGAs, small-scale general-purpose chips out there from 64 to 220k logic cells and providing as much as eight serial/deserializser (SerDes) channels providing a complete of as much as 128Gb/s bandwidth. The very best-end elements embrace 12Mb (1.5MB) of embedded reminiscence and 520 18×18 multipliers, the corporate has confirmed, with all elements out there in each industrial and industrial temperature grades and with built-in AES-GCM, ECDSA, and RSA cryptography and authentication engines.
Lattice has additionally launched a trio of instance designs constructed across the Certus-N2, together with this automotive software. (📷: Lattice Semiconductor)
To showcase the elements’ potential, Lattice has designed three “instance options:” an industrial machine imaginative and prescient platform with MIPI Digital camera Serial Interface 2 (CSI-2), LVDS, and sub-LVDS interfaces, customizable picture sign processor (ISP), and 10-gigabit-Ethernet connectivity; an automotive zonal controller and gateway with low-latency switching and versatile Ethernet, sensor, and actuator port configuration; and a frame-grabber with 10-gigabit-Ethernet video enter and PCI Specific output plus LPDDR4 reminiscence assist for an optionally available body buffer.
Extra data on the Certus-N2 household is obtainable on the Lattice Semiconductor web site; an analysis board for the chips is listed as “coming quickly” on a separate product web page. The corporate has additionally introduced new entries in its Avant household, the Avant 30 and Avant 50, with extra data out there on the Avant touchdown web page; on the time of writing, Lattice had not publicly confirmed pricing.
