Electronic Design

Programmable Logic Now Bestows Configurability Upon All Kinds Of Chips

Programmable logic is going mainstream. Programmability, or rather configurability, will no longer be confined to glue logic, datapath chips, or special processing functions. Instead, programmable ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Programmable Chips Evolve For Shifting Needs

ICs and SoCs are utilizing a range of processing elements that allow them to optimize current workloads while hedging their bets for the future. What used to be a simple choice between an ASIC, FPGA, ...
SiliconANGLE

Intel to spin out programmable chip business, with IPO slated for 2-3 years later

Intel Corp. today announced plans to spin out its programmable chip unit as a standalone business, and will treat it as a separate entity going forward. Ultimately, the chip giant aims to hold an ...
ZDNet

Intel's Altera unit eyes 'audacious' goal to dominate programmable chips

Nine months ago, Intel made Altera -- its unit that produces programmable chips -- a standalone business -- with the intention of spinning it public in 2026. On Monday, Altera executives showed off ...
Electronic Design

System-On-A-Chip FPGAs Mix ASIC And Programmable Approaches

The LatticeSC family of system chips from Lattice Semiconductor melds some of the best features of ASIC technology and the flexibility of FPGA-based logic. This combination has yielded higher ...