SiliconBlue unveiled its roadmap for FPGAs using TSMC's 40nm, low power, standard CMOS process at the Globalpress Summit in Santa Cruz, California. The mobileFPGA family will be available in Q2. They will, says the company reduce power and increase performance by 30 to 50%, says the company. There will be over 15 new devices, all with footprints smaller than 50 mm². The Los Angeles version has interface support for emerging standards such as SLIMbus and USB 2.0-based HSIC and ULPI. It targets sensor management and port expansion to meet the needs of increased sensors and other peripherals used in handheld applications. San Francisco incorporates 1080p support with HDMI and MIPI interfaces. It has been designed for video, multi-display, and highbandwidth memory interface applications. It targets the convergence of video and image content simultaneously viewed on home and handheld devices.
