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To: Douglas Raushel who wrote (3822)	9/13/1999 2:34:00 PM
From: Tom Shutters	Respond to of 4005

"Actel Announces Enhanced 66MHz, 64-Bit PCI Core" ..."A unique benefit of Actel's PCI core, and unavailable from any other FPGA vendor, is the use of a soft RTL (register transfer level) design flow that provides complete PCI design portability to ASICs (application specific integrated circuits). This soft core, when combined with Actel silicon, provides a low-power, high-performance, cost-effective and very flexible platform for a broad scope of PC and embedded PCI needs in communications, consumer, computer, industrial and military applications"... ..."The CorePCI 5.11 macro is currently available. The price of the core is $4,995 when restricted to Actel devices. An unrestricted version is available for $19,995"... newsalert.com biz.yahoo.com

To: Douglas Raushel who wrote (3822)	9/16/1999 10:28:00 AM
From: Tom Shutters	Respond to of 4005

..."QuickLogic"...will pay..."$6.0 million for payment of a settlement obligation to Actel Corp. (ACTL) resulting from a patent litigation"... newsalert.com

To: Douglas Raushel who wrote (3822)	9/20/1999 11:22:00 AM
From: Tom Shutters	Respond to of 4005

"Enhanced Tools Help Uphold The PLD's Reputation -- Design-verification tools are critical for maintaining programmable logic's key advantages-time-to-market and flexibility." ..."One crucial factor often overlooked in the design-verification stage is what's happening inside the chip"... ..."Actel Corp. has added a similar logic-analysis capability to its antifuse and upcoming SRAM architectures. "Action Probes" embedded in the form of cores allow the in-circuit routing of any of the internal nodes out to a couple of points to test things at speed without changing any of the functionality of the chip"... ..."An Actel customer working on a data-acquisition instrumentation design was able to quickly find and fix a design problem by using the probe capability provided in the company's development tools, Colleran said." "The design worked at room temperature, but after running for a few hours in the lab, it no longer functioned correctly. Using the probe technique, the customer found that he had built in a "race condition" (in which a glitch in the circuit can result if one signal gets to a certain point before another) and was able to quickly correct the problem and get the product to market"... ..."a lot of leading-edge verification work is being done for ASICs, which will eventually find its way into the PLD community"... ..."Actel has been working with Synopsys to adapt the Formality formal verification tool to its new flash-based ProASIC architecture. The ProASIC devices, developed by Gatefield Corp., Fremont, Calif., and marketed by Actel, recently began shipping in sample quantities"... techweb.com

To: Douglas Raushel who wrote (3822)	9/20/1999 11:41:00 AM
From: Tom Shutters	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4005

"Actel Unveils its Commitment to IP" ..."Actel's IP program will be aimed at addressing customers' design and design re-use needs by providing immediate access to pre-verified soft logic cores implemented in Actel silicon. A four-fold program approach is planned. First, the program will include an internal mini-core IP program to develop functions such as next-generation PCI buses, SCC UART and SDRAM controllers. Second, Actel plans to create a partnership program to support key third-party IP supplier who will provide system designers with a vast portfolio of validated IP blocks. Third, there will be further enhancements to ActGEN, a parameterizable, graphical user interface-based function generator. Fourth, Actel will offer design services consulting for IP customization and system-level integration"... newsalert.com "PLD suppliers offer IP to ease verification burden -- Holds promise for faster, easier time-to-market" techweb.com