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Aug 29, 2005 08:00 ET

Actel Showcases High-Reliability Expertise With Multiple Presentations at MAPLD 2005

Company Also Spotlights Latest Member of its RTAX-S Family of High-Reliability FPGAs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- What: Demonstrating its top position in the high-reliability FPGA market, Actel will participate in several presentations at the 8th annual Military and Aerospace Programmable Logic Device (MAPLD) International Conference. Actel's poster-session presentations will discuss a range of FPGA-related topics, such as x-ray enhanced packaging, integrated ARINC 429 interfaces, IP verification for severe environments, generic post programming burn-in and reliability testing. Actel will also deliver two technical papers at the event: "Radiation-Hardened FPGA Technology," a joint presentation by BAE Systems, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Actel; and "Total Ionizing Dose Effect on Programmable Input Configurations." Further, Actel will participate in a Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) discussion session focusing on FPGA IP verification, as well as a panel session discussing "The Application Engineer's View."

As part of its commitment to providing innovative, high-quality, high-reliability products, Actel will also introduce the latest addition to its successful RTAX-S family. Software support for the new device, using Actel's Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE), will be demonstrated in Actel's booth #7. In addition, Actel will provide designers with a clear path to future space designs by unveiling the details of a broad high-reliability product roadmap. Other booth activities will include demonstrations of Synplicity's DSP tool support and Prover Technologies' formal verification tool for the company's high-reliability products.

Actel Technical Presentations:

"Radiation-Hardened FPGA Technology," technical presentation by John McCollum, Jih-Jong Wang, Brian Cronquist, Frank Hawley, Actel Technology Development

"Total Ionizing Dose Effect on Programmable Input Configurations," technical presentation by Jih-Jong Wang, Richard Chan, Gajanan Kuganesan, Brian Cronquist and John McCollum, Actel Design and Technology Development

Actel Poster Sessions:

"X-Ray Enhanced Packaging," poster session by Raymond Kuang, Actel Package Engineering

"Building Integrated ARINC 429 Interfaces Using an FPGA," poster session by Ian Land and Ryan Mohan, Actel IP Engineering

"FPGA IP Verification for Use in Severe Environments," poster session by Ian Land and Ian Bryant, Actel IP Engineering

"New Burn-In (BI) Methodology for Testing of Blank and Programmed Actel 0.15 um RTAX-S FPGAs," poster session by Minal Sawant, Solomon Woloday and Dan Elftmann, Actel Product Engineering

"Actel A54SX-A and RTSX-SU Reliability Testing Update," poster session by Antony Wilson, Minal Sawant and Dan Elftmann, Actel Product Engineering

"Leveraging Software to Enhance Timing Performance on Actel RTAX-S Devices," poster session by Johnny Chung, Actel Corporate Applications

BOF Discussion Session:

"Verification of Intellectual Property for FPGA Designs," BOF discussion, including Ian Land, Actel IP Engineering

Panel Session:

"The Application Engineer's View," panel session, including Johnny Chung, Actel Corporate Applications

Where/When: MAPLD 2005
September 7-9, 2005
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
Washington, D.C.

For full schedule details, please visit:
http://klabs.org/mapld05/admin/schedule.htm

About Actel

Actel Corporation is the leader in single-chip FPGA solutions. The company is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol ACTL and is headquartered at 2061 Stierlin Court, Mountain View, Calif., 94043-4655. For more information about Actel, visit http://www.actel.com/ . Telephone: 888-99-ACTEL (992-2835).

NOTE: The Actel name and logo are trademarks of Actel Corporation. All other trademarks and service marks are the property of their respective owners.

Source: Actel Corporation

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