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Igloo
Flash Freeze Technology
The Flash*Freeze technology used in IGLOO devices enables easy entry and exit from the ultra-low power mode, which consumes as little as 5 µW, while retaining SRAM and register data. Flash*Freeze technology simplifies power management through I/O and clock management without a need to turn off voltages, I/Os, or clocks at the system level. Entering and exiting Flash*Freeze mode takes less than 1 µs. Based on Flash reprogrammable technology, the Actel IGLOO family supports secure in-system programmability, which enables quick and easy upgrades or design updates in the final stages of manufacturing or in the field.
Low Power Maximizes power savings with very limited power-on current surge and no high-current transition period, both of which occur on many FPGAs. The IGLOO devices offer lowest static power, Flash*Freeze technology, sleep mode power, and dynamic power consumption, achieving the lowest system power.
Features
| OneChip is all you need | Does not require additional configuration nonvolatile memory in order to load the device configuration data at every system power-up, which reduces cost and increases security and system reliability.1 | |
| Live At Power-Up | Greatly simplifies system design, making the device available to perform critical system setup tasks and reduce bill-of-materials costs and PCB area. | |
| Secure | Utilizes a 128-bit Flash-based lock and inherent Flash technology features, providing the most impenetrable security for programmable logic designs. | |
| Firm Errors | Flash cell configuration element cannot be altered by high-energy neutrons and is therefore immune, unlike SRAM-based FPGAs. | |
| Low Cost | IGLOO devices offer industry-leading unit cost and the lowest total system cost. | |
| Secure ISP | Supports a built-in AES decryption engine and industry-leading Flash-based AES-128 key for secure remote field updates over public networks with encrypted bitstream. | |
| User Nonvolatile Memory | 1,024 bits of on-chip, user-accessible, nonvolatile FlashROM can be used in diverse system applications. | |
An IGLOO evaluation board will be available in Q1 '07.
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