Microchip FPGAs speed intelligent Edge designs and reduce development cost and risk

Satisfying these simultaneous demands requires immediate knowledge of special technology and vertical-market expertise. There's no time to start from scratch. Microchip Technology Inc. adds nine new technology- and application-specific solution stacks to its growing collection of mid-range FPGA and System-on-Chip (SoC) support. The stacks span the industrial Edge, smart embedded vision and Edge communications.

"We're making it much easier to create industry-leading industrial and communications designs," said Shakeel Peera, Vice President of Strategy for Microchip's FPGA business unit. "And our intelligent Edge focus is getting significant traction with leading system designers because they get the full benefit of PolarFire FPGA's unequalled power efficiency, security and reliability."

"Size, weight and power are extremely important considerations in designing a thermal imaging system," said Federic Aubrun, CCO of Xenics, a pioneer in infrared imaging, with best-in-class products for short-, mid- and long-wave IR imagers, cores and cameras. "Microchip SmartFusion and PolarFire FPGAs provide the best balance between small form factor, power efficiency and processing resources within an extremely low power budget in our current and next-generation products."

"We use PolarFire FPGAs because of their small footprint and energy efficiency," said Michael Yampolsky, Founder and CEO of KAYA Instruments. "They enable our cameras to fit into tight spaces while getting high quality, low noise, excellent dynamic range and large feature set utilising the latest CMOS sensor technology. Using PolarFire FPGAs on our platform allows us to bring our latest vision technology to market quickly for our customers' needs." KAYA designs industrial-grade imaging equipment, including small-form-factor and low-power cameras and frame grabbers that provide outstanding video quality in average to extreme ambient light conditions.

The news of Microchip's expanded solution stack collections follows the June announcement of an industrial Edge stack for OPC/UA (Open Platform Communications/Unified Architecture) and extensive resources to help customers switch to PolarFire FPGAs and SoCs.

Tailored solution stacks-only for PolarFire FPGAs and SoCs

Unlike alternatives that offer baseline support for overly broad application categories, PolarFire FPGA intelligent Edge solution stacks are highly tailored to specific technologies and vertical-market requirements and include detailed intellectual property (IP), reference designs, development kits with sample designs, application notes, demo guides and more.

Microchip is offering new PolarFire FPGA and SoC intelligent Edge solutions and stacks for the following applications:

Smart embedded vision:

• H.264 compression
• HDMI
• Serial digital interface
• CoaXpress

Industrial Edge:

• Motor control
• OPC/UA

Edge communications:

• Software-defined radios
• USXGMII
• Small Form-factor Pluggable (SFP+) optical module
• 5G ORAN