M1A3P1000-FG144M View Datasheet(PDF) - Actel Corporation

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M1A3P1000-FG144M

Military ProASIC3/EL Low-Power Flash FPGAs with Flash*Freeze Technology

Actel Corporation 

1 – Military ProASIC3/EL Device Family Overview

General Description

The military ProASIC3/EL family of Actel flash FPGAs dramatically reduces dynamic power

consumption by 40% and static power by 50%. These power savings are coupled with

performance, density, true single chip, 1.2 V to 1.5 V core and I/O operation, reprogrammability,

and advanced features.

Actel's proven Flash*Freeze technology enables military ProASIC3EL device users to shut off

dynamic power instantaneously and switch the device to static mode without the need to switch

off clocks or power supplies, and retaining internal states of the device. This greatly simplifies

power management. In addition, optimized software tools using power-driven layout provide

instant push-button power reduction.

Nonvolatile flash technology gives military ProASIC3/EL devices the advantage of being a secure,

low-power, single-chip solution that is live at power-up (LAPU). Military ProASIC3/EL devices offer

dramatic dynamic power savings, giving FPGA users flexibility to combine low power with high

performance.

These features enable designers to create high-density systems using existing ASIC or FPGA design

flows and tools.

Military ProASIC3/EL devices offer 1 kbit of on-chip, reprogrammable, nonvolatile FlashROM

storage as well as clock conditioning circuitry (CCC) based on an integrated phase-locked loop

(PLL). Military ProASIC3/EL devices support devices from 600 k system gates to 3 million system

gates with up to 504 kbits of true dual-port SRAM and 620 user I/Os.

M1 military ProASIC3/EL devices support the high-performance, 32-bit Cortex-M1 processor

developed by ARM for implementation in FPGAs. ARM Cortex-M1 is a soft processor that is fully

implemented in the FPGA fabric. It has a three-stage pipeline that offers a good balance between

low-power consumption and speed when implemented in an M1 military ProASIC3/EL device. The

processor runs the ARMv6-M instruction set, has a configurable nested interrupt controller, and can

be implemented with or without the debug block. ARM Cortex-M1 is available at no cost from

Actel for use in M1 military ProASIC3/ELFPGAs.

The ARM-enabled devices have Actel ordering numbers that begin with M1 and do not support

AES decryption.

Flash*Freeze Technology†

Military ProASIC3EL devices offer Actel's proven Flash*Freeze technology, which allows

instantaneous switching from an active state to a static state. When Flash*Freeze mode is

activated, military ProASIC3EL devices enter a static state while retaining the contents of registers

and SRAM. Power is conserved without the need for additional external components to turn off

I/Os or clocks. Flash*Freeze technology is combined with in-system programmability, which enables

users to quickly and easily upgrade and update their designs in the final stages of manufacturing

or in the field. The ability of military ProASIC3EL devices to support a 1.2 V core voltage allows for

an even greater reduction in power consumption, which enables low total system power.

When the military ProASIC3EL device enters Flash*Freeze mode, the device automatically shuts off

the clocks and inputs to the FPGA core; when the device exits Flash*Freeze mode, all activity

resumes and data is retained.

The availability of low-power modes, combined with a reprogrammable, single-chip, single-voltage

solution, make military ProASIC3EL devices suitable for low-power data transfer and manipulation

in military-temperature applications where available power may be limited (e.g., in battery-

powered equipment); or where heat dissipation may be limited (e.g., in enclosures with no forced

cooling).

† Flash*Freeze technology is not supported on A3P1000.

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