SiliconBlue Technologies has announced the availability and fully functioning samples of the new iCE40 "Los Angeles" mobileFPGA family including the LP-Series (Low-Power) and the HX-Series (High-Speed) families targeting smartphones and tablets, respectively. Fabricated on TSMC 40-nm low-power standard CMOS process, the new LP and HX families provide twice the logic capacity of previous 65-nm devices.
"We have proven our technology leadership with iCE65 and are on track to ship approximately ten million units this year. We are taking our next step with Los Angeles CMDs by extending our video performance capability for smartphones to 525 Mbps, enabling HD720p 60Hz and HD 1080p 30Hz. For tablets, CMDs can now support WUXGA with dual LVDS, HS720p 60Hz and HD1080p 30HZ," said Kapil Shankar, CEO, SiliconBlue
The low-power, low-cost Los Angeles HX-Series CMD targets tablets and provides support for sensor management, high-speed custom connectivity and tablet resolution, HD video and imaging. Supporting a broad range of smartphones and tablets, the LP and HX devices range from 640 to 16K Logic Cells. The iCE40LP8K and iCE40HX8K, 8000 Logic Cell, LP-Series and HX-Series devices are available now. Smallest package devices start at $1.99 USD in high volume. Most members of the Los Angeles mobileFPGA Family are expected to be full production by Q4 2011.
