FPGA - Low Power

The Microsemi IGLOO® series of low-power flash FPGAs includes IGLOO/e, IGLOO nano and IGLOO PLUS - the industry's low-power FPGAs. IGLOO FPGA family are designed to meet the demand of low power and small foot print requirements of today's portable and power-conscious electronics. The IGLOO low-power FPGA family support up to 35K logic elements with up to 504 kbits of true dual-port SRAM, up to 6 embedded PLLs, and up to 620 user I/Os. Low-power applications that require 32-bit processing can use the ARM ® Cortex-M1 processor without license fee or royalties in M1 IGLOO devices. The IGLOO FPGA family devices are available in small footprint (3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6 and 8x8 mm), high density, chip-scale and quad flat no-lead packages. The IGLOO series includes: - IGLOO/e with ARM Cortex-M1 - IGLOO nano - IGLOO PLUS

Features

Flash*Freeze Technology

The Flash*Freeze technology used in IGLOO devices enables easy entry and exit from low power mode which consumes as little as 2 µW, while retaining SRAM and register data. Flash*Freeze technology simplifies power management through I/O and clock management without a need to turn off voltages, I/Os, or clocks at the system level.In Flash*Freeze mode, power drops to as low as 2 µW, and no additional components are required to turn off I/Os or clocks while preserving the design information, SRAM content, and registers. I/Os can maintain their state during Flash*Freeze mode. Entering and exiting Flash*Freeze mode takes less than 1 µs.

Small Footprint Packages

Microsemi IGLOO low-power FPGAs are true single-chip devices, do not require configuration or other support components, and offer a variety of small-footprint packages with high I/O pin count to match design needs. The Microsemi IGLOO family is offered in a small form factor (3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, and 8x8 mm), high-density, chip-scale packages and quad flat no-lead packages

Specifications

Device Comparison

IGLOO Family	IGLOO/e	IGLOO nano	IGLOO PLUS
ARM - Enabled	M1 IGLOO/e
Overview	The low-power programmable solution	The industry's lowest-power, smallest-size solution	The low-power FPGA with more I/O per LE compared to IGLOO
Equivalent LEs	330-35K	100-3K	330-1K
Max User I/Os	620	71	212
Power Consumption	5  µW	2  µW	5  µW

Microsemi's IGLOO®2 FPGAs, targeted at the cost-optimized FPGA market, integrate fourth generation flash-based FPGA fabric and high performance communications interfaces on a single chip. The IGLOO2 FPGAs offer a cost optimized FPGA with best-in-class feature integration coupled with the lowest power, highest reliability and most advanced security in the industry. Best-In-Class: Integration, Power, Reliability & Security Microsemi Leadership in Cost-Optimized FPGAs - Highest number of 5G transceivers - Highest number of GPIO - Highest number of PCI Compliant 3.3V I/O - Only FPGA with hardened memory subsystem - Only non-volatile and instant-on mainstream FPGA Microsemi Leadership in Low Power FPGAs - 3X lower static power with no performance penalties - Flash*Freeze real-time power management - 25% lower total power Microsemi Leadership in Reliable FPGAs - Only FPGA with SEU immune fabric configuration cells - Extended temperature support (Up to 125degC Tj) Microsemi Leadership in Secure FPGAs - Built-in state-of-the-art design security for all devices - Easy-to-use!

Features

Microsemi's IGLOO2 FPGAs continue the company's focus on addressing the needs of today's cost optimized FPGA markets by providing a LUT based fabric, 5G transceivers, high speed GPIO, block RAM and DSP blocks in a differentiated, cost and power optimized architecture. This next generation IGLOO2 architecture offers up to 5X more logic density and 3X more fabric performance than its predecessors and combines a non-volatile Flash based fabric with the highest number of general purpose I/O, 5G SERDES interfaces and PCI Express end points when compared to other products in its class

Microsemi extends its non-volatile FPGA leadership with the PolarFire family of cost-optimized FPGAs. PolarFire FPGAs deliver up to 50% lower power than equivalent SRAM FPGAs. The devices are ideal for a wide range of applications within wireline access networks and cellular infrastructure, defense and commercial aviation markets, as well as industrial automation and IoT markets Cost-optimized Architecture •Architecture and process optimizations for 100K/500K LE devices •Transceiver performance optimized for 12.7 Gbps, which yields smaller size •1.6 Gbps I/Os—hardened I/O gearing logic with CDR (supports SGMII/GbE links on these GPIOs) •Best-in-class high-performance, hardened security IP in mid-range devices Power Optimization •The lowest static power—1/10 static power vs. competing devices •Transceiver optimized for 12.7 Gbps, which yields 1/2 the power vs. competing devices •Low power Flash*Freeze mode yields best-in-class standby power •Integrated hard IP—DDR PHY, PCIe endpoint/root port, crypto processor •Total power (static and dynamic)—up to 50% lower power

The Microsemi FlashPro programming system is a combination of Microsemi FlashPro software and a hardware programmer. Together they provide in-system programming (ISP) for all FPGAs in the IGLOO2, SmartFusion2, RTG4, IGLOO® Series and ProASIC3 Series (including RT ProASIC3), and the SmartFusion, Fusion, ProASICPLUS, and ProASIC families. Flashpro5 is a hardware programmer supporting all SoC FPGA and FPGA devices except ProASICPlus on Windows and SmartFusion2/IGLOO2 devices on Linux Whether you are programming a board containing a single device or multiple devices connected in a chain, you can quickly program and reprogram Microsemi flash FPGAs by connecting to a PC and the target board. FlashPro programmers provide everything you need to program flash FPGAs for compliance with IEEE 1149, using the JTAG port. Click here for more information