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Achronix

For today’s most demanding applications, system architects and designers choose Speedster^®, the world’s fastest Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). Achronix Speedster FPGAs are fully reprogrammable, yet still capable of operating at up to 1.5 GHz system performance. Speedster devices are suitable for a wide range of applications, including:

Networking
Telecommunications
Encryption
High-performance computing
Video and imaging
Digital signal processing
Industrial
Test and measurement
Military and aerospace

The reprogrammable fabric of each Speedster FPGA device is constructed using high-performance building blocks:

Reconfigurable Logic Blocks (each configurable either as 8 4-input LUTs, or as a 128-bit RAM)
Multiplier Blocks (each configurable as either a single 18x18)
Block RAMs (18k bits each)
Programmable interconnect links

Each of these building blocks operates at 1.5 GHz, resulting in a balanced high-performance reprogrammable design platform.

To complement the 1.5 GHz logic fabric, Speedster FPGAs offer state-of-the-art, flexible I/O capabilities:

Up to 40 lanes of SerDes (Up to 10.3 Gbps per lane)
Up to 850 reconfigurable I/Os (up to 1066 Mbps each)

Thus, the Speedster family’s I/O bandwidth easily matches the internal logic performance. The combination of I/Os, SerDes , memory, and logic performance makes Speedster devices suitable for numerous high-bandwidth protocols such as PCI Express, CEI-6G, 10 Gbps, 40Gbps, and 100 Gbps Ethernet, etc.

Source: Achronix Semiconductor Corporation

GSI Technology

GSI Technology Acquires SRAM Product Line from Sony Electronics

Acquisition Strengthens GSI’s Position as a Leading Supplier of High Performance SRAM Products

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2009-- GSI Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSIT), a leading provider of high-performance static random access memory, or SRAM, products incorporated primarily in networking and telecommunications equipment, today announced that it has signed and closed definitive agreements with Sony Electronics Inc. under which GSI acquired substantially all of the assets related to Sony’s SRAM product line. At closing, GSI paid Sony approximately $5.2 million in cash. GSI will make a further cash payment to Sony of approximately $1.7 million following a post-closing adjustment to reflect actual product inventory on hand at closing. GSI will also make future cash payments based on the sale of certain acquired SRAM products over an eight quarter period. The acquisition will be accounted for under the purchase method of accounting.

The acquisition will not have a significant impact on GSI’s total revenues or, except for adjustments required by purchase accounting rules, on its operating results for the second fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2009. Based on historical sales data and current sales projections, GSI believes that the new product line will generate additional revenues of approximately $1 million in the third quarter ending December 31, 2009 and expects that the new product line should generate quarterly revenues of approximately $2 million by the quarter ending September 30, 2010. GSI also expects that, after a transition period of one to two quarters, gross profit margins comparable to GSI’s overall gross margins will be achieved.

“The acquisition of Sony’s portfolio of advanced SRAM products is an excellent strategic fit for GSI and strengthens our position as a leading supplier of high performance SRAM products,” said Lee-Lean Shu, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. “The acquisition further extends our broad SRAM product portfolio and provides us with additional scale to support our ongoing investment in research and development.”

Source: GSI Technology, Inc.