IGLOO Low-Power Flash FPGAs With Flash*Freeze Technology

The IGLOO family of Flash FPGAs AGL015 AGL030 AGL060 AGL125 AGL250 AGL600 AGL1000 M1AGL250 M1AGL600 M1AGL1000 , based on a 130-nm Flash process, offers the lowest power FPGA a single-chip solution, small footprint packages, reprogrammability, and an abundance of advanced features. The Flash*Freeze technology used in IGLOO devices enables entering and exiting an ultra-low- power mode that consumes as little as 5 W while retaining SRAM and Register data. Flash*Freeze technology simplifies Power Management through I/O and Clock management with rapid recovery to operation mode. The Low Power Active capability (static idle) allows for ultra-low-power consumption (from 12 W) while the IGLOO device is completely functional in the system. This allows the IGLOO device to control system Power Management based on external inputs (e.g., scanning for keyboard stimulus) while consuming minimal power. Nonvolatile Flash technology gives IGLOO devices the advantage of being a secure, low power, single-chip solution that is live at power-up (LAPU). IGLOO is reprogrammable and offers time-to- market benefits at an ASIC-level unit cost. These features enable designers to create high-density systems using existing ASIC or FPGA design flows and tools. By Actel Corporation