Actel to Power Advantech's Networking and Gaming Platforms

Actel Corp.'s ProASICPLUS and ProASIC3 FPGAs have been selected by Advantech Co. Ltd for its networking and gaming platforms. Based in Taiwan, Advantech provides solutions in the e-world computing and web-based automation fields through its trusted ePlatform services. Advantech took full advantage of the inherent capabilities of the flash technology on which ProASICPLUS and ProASIC3 FPGAs are built. In addition, features such as low cost, low power, reprogrammability and quick time to market made Actel’s FPGAs a perfect fit for Advantech’s design needs.

Advantech chose Actel’s ProASICPLUS APA450 and ProASIC3 A3P060 FPGAs for its networking platform to perform system bus control and boot loader functions. After the successful design execution of its networking platform, Advantech once again looked to Actel to provide an FPGA solution for its new gaming platform. For this project, Advantech chose Actel’s ProASIC3 A3P400 FPGA. In both cases, the security features inherent to flash FPGAs, prevention against corruption, intrusion and protection against theft of valuable intellectual property, far outweighed any benefits offered by other FPGAs.

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