First RISC-V-based SoC FPGA enters mass production with a smaller thermal footprint


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Microchip Technology has announced the first system-on-chip Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), MPFS250T, based on the open-standard RISC-V instruction set architecture to enter mass production. The news comes as the continued adoption of PolarFire SoC FPGA and exponential growth for the Mi-V ecosystem streamline RISC-V adoption across various industrial, IoT, and edge computing embedded devices. […]

Crowdfunding STEPFPGA development board for beginners starts at $46


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A Chinese tech company in partnership with EIM Technology has announced its STEPFPGA series, which includes the MXO2Core board. Beginners to the field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) can make use of the STEPFPGA development board as it is compact, reliable, inexpensive, and simple to learn. The miniature FPGA development board, the STEPFPGA MXO2Core is based on […]

iWave Systems launches a System on Module based on Intel® Stratix® 10 SOC FPGA at the Embedded World 2022


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iWave Systems unveils the first look of Intel® Stratix® 10 powered System on Module at embedded world 2022. The System on Module is compatible with the SX and GX series of Stratix 10 SoC and FPGA, and is available in a form factor of 110mm x 75mm. Stratix 10 brings about a revolutionary Intel® Hyperflex™ […]

UPduino v3.1 is a Compact Cost-efficient FPGA


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UPduino v3.1 is a compact and cost-efficient open-source FPGA board dedicated to applications that involve sensitive signal conditioning. It comprises of FTDI FPGA programmer, flash memory, a 3-color LED and FPGA pins for quick prototyping. The all-new UPduino v3.1 is an updated version of its predecessor where it improves on the shortcomings and limitations of […]

Kria™ KR260 Robotics Starter Kit


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KR260 kit from AMD-Xilinx is a Kria SOM-based development platform for robotics and factory automation applications The KR260 robotics starter kit from AMD-Xilinx integrates high-performance industrial interfaces and features native ROS 2 support. It enables roboticists and industrial developers without FPGA expertise to develop hardware accelerated applications for robotics, machine vision, and industrial communication and control. […]

Muse Lab unveils all-new iCESugar-nano FPGA development board with ICE40LP1k and RISC-V core


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Muse Lab has released a compact iCESugar-nano FPGA development board powered by the Lattice Semiconductor iCE40LP1k and a RISC-V core. This is the latest addition to Muse Lab’s iCESugar long list of open-source FPGA development boards that is compatible and supported by yosys, nextpnr, and icestorm– open-source toolchains. The iCE40LP is an ultra-low-power and non-volatile […]

SparkFun releases its Arduino-compatible MicroMod Alorium Sno M2 Processor board


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SparkFun has announced the public availability of another MicroMod form factor processor board with an onboard Alorium Sno System on Module (SoM)–  MicroMod Alorium Sno M2 Processor board. Hosting an 8-bit AVR instruction set, Sno’s FPGA offers a reconfigurable hardware platform. Its compatibility with the ATmega328, allows Sno to work with the Arduino IDE as […]

EdgeCortix unveils SAKURA AI accelerator and MERA compiler software framework


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A Japanese semiconductor design company, EdgeCortix, has unveiled an energy-efficient AI co-processor for edge intelligence– SAKURA. At the TechInsight’s Linley Spring Processor Conference, the company provided more details on the architecture, performance, and delivery timing for the all-new AI inference co-processor. Some of the key industrial segments where SAKURA can be best suited are transportation, […]

CLEAR is Customizable and Programmable ASIC by ChipIgnite


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Efabless has launched a 100% open-source FPGA chip CLEAR, built on Caravel – an open-source ASIC platform provided as a base (SoC) and offering an end-to-end open design, right down to the CPU core. The explanation of the product is simple and quite relatable to the maker’s community – “create your own ASIC.” The process […]

Sipeed Introduces Tang Nano 9K FPGA board, Compatible with RISC-V softcore PicoRV


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Sipeed has surprisingly introduced yet another Tang Nano FPGA board based on the Gowin GW1NR-9 chip. This time, the manufacturer has pushed the limits to around 9K (8640) logic units (LUT4), unlike the predecessor Tang Nano 1K and Tang Nano 4K with around 1152 and 4608 LUTs respectively. Despite the hardcore Arm Cortex-M3 processor embedded […]