Actel's RTAX-DSP prototype FPGAs for space-flight systems

Actel has announced the availability of RTAX-DSP prototype FPGAs, enabling hardware demonstration and timing validation of designs targeted to Actel's RTAX-DSP space-flight FPGAs.

The RTAX-DSP space-flight FPGAs add embedded radiation-tolerant multiply-accumulate blocks to the RTAX-S product family. The RTAX-DSP integrates complex DSP functions into a single device without any external components for code storage and without multiple-chip implementations for radiation mitigation. This gives RTAX-DSP a significant advantage in power consumption and heat dissipation relative to SRAM-based FPGAs.

"The availability of RTAX-DSP prototype FPGAs enable designers to demonstrate their RTAX-DSP designs in hardware across the full operational temperature range," said Ken O'Neill, director of high-reliability marketing for Actel. "With the availability of these prototype devices, the RTAX-DSP program has achieved another important milestone in providing the high performance combined with high reliability needed by designers of signal processing systems for space-flight applications."

Other key features are,

Highly reliable, nonvolatile antifuse technology
250,000 to 500,000 ASIC gates (2 to 4 million system gates)
Up to 120 DSP mathblocks with 125 MHz 18 bit x 18 bit multiply-accumulate
Up to 540 kbits of embedded memory with optional EDAC protection
Up to 840 user-programmable I/Os
Total Dose: 300 krad (functional) and 200 krad (parametric)
SEU less than 1E-10 errors per bit-day (worst-case GEO)
SEL immune to LETTH in excess of 117 MeV-cm2/mg
SEU immune to LETTH > 37 MeV-cm2/mg
Advanced CCGA and LGA packaging for space applications
Screening: E-Flow (Actel Extended Flow), B-Flow (Mil-STD-883B), and EV-Flow (Class V Flow processing as per MIL-PRF-38535)

The RTAX-DSP family of FPGAs is fully supported by the Actel Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE)

Operating temperature range: -55°C to 125°C
For more details visit www.actel.com/products/milaero/rtaxdsp