Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has become a member of PowerAmerica- a manufacturing institute comprising public and private representatives. The aim is to accelerate the commercialization and adoption of wide band gap semiconductors. Microsemi has been awarded the contract as part of PowerAmerica’s USD 70 Million backed from the U.S. Department of Energy over five years. The allocation promotes adoption of advanced semiconductor components made with silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) into a wide range of products and systems.
Microsemi Announces Production Release of its Flashtec NVM Express 2108 8-Channel Controllers
Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has released its Flashtec NVM Express (NVMe) 2108 eight-channel controllers. This will enable leading enterprises and data centers to realize cost and power-efficient high capacity solid state drives (SSDs). The devices deliver robust mainstream performance and support for capacities to 16 GB and greater. Besides, customers will be able to avail the architectural consistency of the Flashtec NVMe Controller product line through high firmware reusability by minimizing engineering expense. Packed in a 17×17 mm package, the new line of controllers all popular form factors including M.2, U.2 and half-height half-length (HHHL) add-in cards.
Microsemi Introduces New Switchtec PAX Advanced Fabric PCIe Switch
Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has announced the availability of its Switchtec PAX advanced fabric Gen3 PCIe switch. The product offers high-performance fabric connectivity for scalable, multi-host systems. It also supports a single root input/output (I/O) virtualization (SR-IOV), NVMe and multi-function endpoints. In order to meet the rapidly changing demands on resources and storage capacity of next-generation applications, Hyperconverged systems are evolving towards composable/ disaggregated infrastructures (C/DI) such as rack scale architecture. PAX advanced fabric PCIe switches provide a scalable, low latency and cost-effective solution to the disaggregation of computing, networking, graphics processing units (GPUs) and storage resources.
Microsemi Collaborates with Tamba Networks to Deliver Industry-Leading Low Power FPGA-Based 10G Ethernet Solution
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, and Tamba Networks, a leading developer of connectivity intellectual property (IP) cores, have announced their collaboration. Under this, Tamba Network’s Ethernet media access controller (MAC) will be incorporated to Microsemi’s cost-optimized, low-power PolarFire field programmable gate array (FPGA) to offer industry-leading low power FPGA-based 10G Ethernet solution. Microsemi used the company’s Interlaken and 10G/40G Ethernet MAC soft cores as key building blocks to evaluate and enhance PolarFire FPGAs’ fabric architecture, with 10G and 40G data paths running at 160 MHz and 320 MHz. These cores offer extremely low gate count and latency, with high flexibility.
Microsemi Announces World’s First Freely Available Windows-Hosted Eclipse IDE Supporting RISC-V Open Instruction Set Architecture
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has announced the release of its SoftConsole version 5.1. It’s the world’s first available Windows-hosted Eclipse integrated development environment (IDE) for designs utilizing RISC-V open instruction set architectures (ISAs) like RV321. SoftConsole is Microsemi’s free software development environment that enables rapid production of C and C++ programming language designs for its field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). It will be showcased at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) in a presentation highlighting its open architecture, low power and development capabilities using RISC-V soft central processing unit (CPU) cores.
Microsemi Updates its TimeProvider 5000 PTP Grandmaster Clock to Support IPv6 Protocol and Multi-GNSS Constellation
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has recently updated the TimeProvider 5000 IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) grandmaster clock. This is to support Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) constellation to ensure better reception and higher security in a wide variety of telecommunications network applications. More and more global operators are now looking at solutions like Micrsoemi’s enhanced TimeProvider 5000. This is because the device features multiple constellations in accordance with the directives in certain countries to remove their sole dependency on GPS. Moreover, the GLONASS and Galileo constellations make the system more robust and secure to certain GNSS vulnerabilities.
Microsemi Unveils new Family of Wideband Plastic Packaged and chip MMIC Devices
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has rolled out a new family of wideband plastic packaged and chip monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) devices. The addition of these products has led to the growth of high-performance wideband MMICs portfolio including 4 plastic packaged low noise amplifiers (LNAs), a wideband power amplifier (PA) chi, and 2 plastic packaged switches. Two of these LNAs namely MMA040PP5 and MMA041PP5 can outperform their competitive parts with a wider frequency from DC to 27 GHz and a higher gain of 17 decibels (dB) and OIP3 of 35 decibel milliwatts (dBm). These are packaged in a small 5 mm plastic QFN package ideal for size constrained applications.
Microsemi and Intrinsic ID Collaborate to Deliver SRAM-PUF in PolarFire FPGAs
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, and Intrinsic ID, the world’s leading provider of digital authentication technology for IoT and embedded applications, have announced collaboration. The aim of this alliance is to deliver Intrinsic ID’s static random-access memory (SRAM) physical unclonable function (SRAM PUF) as a part of Microsemi’s new PolarFire field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). QUIDDIKEY®-FLEX is a state-of-the-art high-security key generation and storage mechanism that offers advanced security features based on SRAM PUF. The SRAM PUF acts as a primary element in protecting customers’ intellectual property (IP) by protecting the confidentiality of the IP against cloning and reverse engineering. Besides, it also offers secure supply chain assurance for PolarFire FPGAs and secures applications like secure communications relying on cryptography.
Microsemi and Analog Devices Announce a Scalable SiC MOSFET Driver Reference Design Solution
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions and Analog Devices, Inc., the leading global high-performance analog technology company; have together introduced a scalable Silicon (SiC) driver reference design solution. The solution is based on a range of Microsemi SiC MOSFET products and Analog Device’s ADuM4135 5KV isolated gate driver. This reference design offer user-friendly design guides rendering faster time to market and support the transition to Microsemi’s next-generation SiC MOSFETs. The design also allows customers with a highly isolated SiC MOSFET dual-gate driver switch as a means for evaluation of SiC MOSFETs in a number of topologies. It includes modes optimized for half-bridge switching with synchronous dead time protection and asynchronous signal transfer with no protection.
Microsemi and Aquantia Introduce Multi-Rate Switch Reference Platform
Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions and Aquantia, a pioneer in high-speed Ethernet connectivity solutions; have announced a production-ready multi-rate switch reference platform. It has been optimized to support 24×2.5G and up to additional four 2.5G/5G/10G BASE-T ports. The solution integrates Microsemi’s SparX-IV L2/L3 enterprise switch, VSC7448; Linux SMBStaX software; clock management; PD69208M Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) power sourcing equipment (PSE) manager and Aquantia’s second generation multi-rate IEEE™802.3bz PHY, AQR409.
Microsemi Introduces Libero SoC v11.8 Software Offering Mixed Language Simulation and Best-in-Class Debugging Capabilities
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has released its latest version of Libero system-on-chip (SoC) software version 11.8. It’s a comprehensive suite of field programmable gate array (FPGA) design tools and includes important enhancements in the form of mixed language simulation, a new netlist viewer, and best-in-class debugging capabilities. Apart from the software, the company has also come up with a 60-day free evaluation license allowing users to evaluate Microsemi’s flash-based FPGAs and SoC FPGAs. The SoC tool suite includes the Mentor Graphics ModelSim Simulator foe line by line verification of the hardware description language (HDL) code.
Microsemi and Athena Introduce the TeraFire Hard Cryptographic Microprocessor with Advanced Security Features
Microsemi, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, and The Athena Group Inc. (Athena), a leading provider of security, cryptography, anti-tamper and signal processing intellectual property (IP) cores, have announced the release of Athena’s TeraFire cryptographic microprocessor as a new part of Microsemi’s PolarFire field programmable gate array (FPGA) “S class” family. Claimed as the most advanced cryptographic technology, the TeraFire hardcore offers access to advanced security features along with high performance and low power consumption. The need for increased cyber security has been realized across the industry, especially through the communications, defense, and industrial markets. The TeraFire cryptographic microprocessor technology caters to all these requirements.
Microsemi Releases New Generation of Smart Storage I/O Controllers
Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions, has announced the availability of a new generation of storage input/output controller products. The Smart ROC 3100 and SmartIOC 2100 are powered by Microsemi’s Unified Smart Storage Stack and aim to enhance the company’s server storage solution offerings for data center applications. Microsemi’s Smart Storage Stack offers one of the industry’s most reliable and highest performing platforms. Available in production release, the platform renders advanced security features like maxCrypto controller-based encryption and enterprise-class data protection support. Besides, it also delivers high performance and low operating costs owing to the power savings which is much more than its previous generations and competing products.