Swoosh!
posted by Loring Wirbel on 01/20/2010 | comments 0
We’ve often pointed out that Actel Corp. has a special advantage in military and aerospace accounts due to power dissipation and rad-tolerant features, but “mil-aero” often refers to battlefield or space platforms. So a special tip of the hat is offered to Actel for multiple design wins in the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner. ProASIC3 and ProASICPlus have been used in a variety of flight control and cockpit display applications.
Granted, design wins at the high end of commercial aircraft do not imply a high volume. This even was true in the days of 767 production, but Boeing and Airbus have encountered a range of problems in bringing their next generation of aircraft into production. This has happened concurrent with the slump in air travel, which makes it lucky for the aircraft manufacturers, but not so lucky for their component and subsystem suppliers.
But the point of pride for Actel is the high profile such a design win has, regardless of the volume of FPGAs in play. The equivalent in the IT world would be a role in a supercomputer or core router. Even if the global market is in the dozens or hundreds, Actel’s win here is a high-flyer.
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