EDN Hot 100 products of 2014: MCUs, Processors & Programmable Logic

This section of EDN’s Hot 100 Products of 2014 includes microcontrollers and processors, as well as programmable logic devices. Click on any product name to read the original full article on EDN:

• ADSP-BF70x digital signal processor
  “… offers double the performance or half the power of competing devices. “
  Analog Devices
• C2000 Piccolo F2807x 32-bit MCUs
  “[Combines the company's] C28x CPU and accelerators to boost execution speeds of control tasks in industrial applications. “
  Texas Instruments
• Kinetis KL03 MCU
  “… billed as the world’s smallest 32-bit ARM-based MCU. “
  Freescale Semiconductor
• LPC11E6x Cortex-M0+ based MCUs
  “[Offers] a wider choice for extreme industrial environments. “
  NXP Semiconductors
• MIPS M5150 and M5100 cores
  “Support for hardware virtualization provides secure isolation of separate guest operating environments. “
  Imagination Technologies
• ML610Q304 8-bit MCU
  “… integrates an 8-bit low-power MCU core, speech synthesis circuit, high-efficiency class D speaker amp, non-volatile memory, and oscillator circuit on a single chip. “
  Lapis Semiconductor
• MSP430FR59x/69x FRAM MCUs
  “… bring real-time nanoamp-scale energy-based code analysis. “
  Texas Instruments
• PIC16(L)F170X/1X 8-bit MCUs
  “… combine sets of intelligent analog and core independent peripherals with the all-important feature of low power. “
  Microchip Technology
• SAM G family of Cortex-M4-based MCUs
  “… ideal for sensor hub and battery-operated consumer applications. “
  Atmel
• STM32F0x2 Cortex-M0-core MCUs
  “… support crystal-less USB design, accurate sensing and smart power management for next-generation smart devices and connectivity products. “
  STMicroelectronics
• xCORE-XA configurable multicore MCU
  “[Integrates] for the first time [the company's] configurable processor cores with an ARM Cortex-M3 core. “
  XMOS

• DesignInsight FPGA technology
  “… provides 100% observability into [the company's FPGA architecture) running at-speed in both prototype and production designs. “
  Tabula
• MachXO3L instant-on, non-volatile FPGA
  “… offer a simple bridging solution between legacy designs and processors and evolving connectivity interfaces. “
  Lattice Semiconductor
• MAX10 FPGA family
  “… [includes] two flash configurators on-chip [and] up to two 12-bit 1MSa/s ADCs. “
  Altera
• SmartFusion2 SoC and IGLOO2 FPGAs
  “[Claim] more advanced security features at the device, design and system levels than any other leading FPGA. “
  Microsemi

More Hot 100 2014 Products:
EDN Hot 100 products of 2014: Analog ICs
EDN Hot 100 products of 2014: Boards & Development Tools
EDN Hot 100 products of 2014: Wireless & Networking
EDN Hot 100 products of 2014: Components and Sensors
EDN Hot 100 products of 2014: EDA Tools/IP & Memory/Storage
EDN Hot 100 products of 2014: Power & Optoelectronics/Lighting Control
EDN Hot 100 products of 2014: Test & Measurement