Actel Strengthens TCA Market Position with Acquisition of Pigeon Point Systems
(Business News, 29 Aug 2008 )
Actel Corporation has acquired Pigeon Point Systems, a privately-held supplier of telecommunications computing architecture (TCA) management components. By acquiring the leading provider of TCA management components, Actel now offers a comprehensive solution for proprietary and standards-based system management implementations in the industrial, military, telecommunications, and medical markets. The acquisition is not expected to have a material effect on Actel's financial condition or results of operations. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Defined by the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG®), the industry-standard TCA specifications cover the AdvancedTCA®, Advanced Mezzanine Card (AdvancedMC™) and the MicroTCA™ frameworks. According to industry estimates from market research firm VDC, the opportunity for the overall standards-based TCA system market is expected to be roughly US$1.8 billion by 2009.
Earlier this year, Actel and Pigeon Point announced a partnership to develop and market solutions based on the Actel Fusion® mixed-signal FPGAs to speed the design of AdvancedTCA blade and AdvancedMC carrier blade management controllers. The two companies' combined portfolio of reference designs, development kits, easy-to-use development environments and expert design services gives designers the capability to address system and power management issues throughout the design process.
