Revisiting the September 18 Electronic Buyers' News article.
"PLD Vendors Enter Embedded Control Turf -- Processor-based designs are enabling PLD suppliers to explore new worlds."
..."To address OEM concerns over lengthening SoC development cycles and spiraling development costs, Actel Corp., Sunnyvale, Calif., opted earlier this year to become the first FPGA supplier to tackle this growing market. The company plans to introduce its first embedded product later this year."
"Ultimately, Actel plans to supply the technology, products, design tools, and methodologies as well as the partnerships with key ASIC manufacturers as part of a comprehensive embedded-FPGA solution."
"If a PLD vendor is offering an SoC solution, you have to ask where the systems knowledge is going to come from," said Yankin Tanurhan, director of Actel's new Embedded FPGA Group. "To just offer a platform isn't enough; there has to be some application attached to it."
"To support this effort, Actel has created an organization whose task will be to acquire the key technologies and develop the key partnerships needed to support this embedded initiative."...
..."It's a very young market," Worchel said, adding that he sees significant potential. He predicts the market for cell-based designs with embedded FPGA blocks will jump to $1.2 billion by 2004.
"Embedded FPGAs are going to grow into a huge opportunity in the next four years, and Actel is the first pure-play FPGA provider to enter this emerging market," he said."...
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