Actel to Present Radiation Effects on RTAX-DSP FPGAs at the 19th Annual SEE Symposium

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Actel Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTL) today announced it will present at the Single Event Effects (SEE) Symposium being held April 12-14 at the San Diego Marriott La Jolla. The Single Event Effects Symposium is dedicated to the understanding of radiation-induced single event effects (SEEs) in microelectronics and photonics. SEEs occur when a single particle, such as a neutron, proton or heavy ion, interacts with the atoms that make up a semiconductor. SEEs are a common cause of failures in space-flight systems unless steps are taken to mitigate their effects. Actel will provide a comprehensive SEE characterization of the new mitigation solutions included in the latest DSP-intensive RTAX-DSP FPGAs. RTAX-DSP provides a flexible alternative to ASICs for the integration of complex DSP functions. In addition, its nonvolatile, radiation-tolerant programming technology has no requirement for external code storage devices and requires no mitigation of upsets in its configuration memory, unlike SRAM-based FPGAs. RTAX-DSP is based on the same architecture and 0.15 um process as Actel's industry-standard RTAX-S/SL space-flight FPGAs. A comparison of SEE results for both RTAX-DSP and RTAX-S/SL FPGAs will be presented, and mitigation strategies will be discussed.

For more information on the Single Event Effects (SEE) Symposium visit http://radhome.gsfc.nasa.gov/radhome/SEE/index.html.

About Actel

Actel is the leader in low power FPGAs and mixed signal FPGAs, offering the most comprehensive portfolio of system and power management solutions. Power Matters. Learn more at www.actel.com.

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