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Actel SmartFusion: Intelligent, Innovative Integration

Actel SmartFusion™ Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs – Innovative, Intelligent, Integration. 

Actel’s SmartFusion mixed signal FPGA has three basic features: a processor, an FPGA and an analog circuit block. All three are in the same chip and all three are programmable. The processor is programmable (through software); the FPGA is programmable (through normal FPGA design flow); and the analog circuitry is programmable (through some clever configuration software). Almost everything about SmartFusion is under the engineer’s control, so even though the chips themselves are standard when they leave the factory, the products they enable are anything but. Read the White Paper to learn more.

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