Circuit Cellar and Atmel Launch The 'Design Logic 2001' Design Contest.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 2, 2001 FPSLIC FPSLIC Field Programmable System Level Integrated Circuit , FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. and Microcontroller Designers Compete for $20,000 and Publication of Winning Designs Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ), in association with Circuit Cellar(TM) Magazine, today kicked off the "Design Logic 2001" Design Contest. The Design Logic 2001 Contest offers system designers the opportunity to design products utilizing Atmel's new FPSLIC(TM) (Field Programmable System Level IC), AT40K Series FPGAs and 8-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. AVR (Automatic Voltage Regulation) See voltage regulator. microcontroller. There are 3 cash prizes available for a total of $20,000, and publication of the winning design in Circuit Cellar Magazine. Design entries will be accepted through June 15, 2001. The top ten finalists will be announced on Sept. 15, 2001. In addition to the cash prizes the 2 runner-ups in each category will be awarded a Handspring Visor PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). . Designers worldwide who wish to obtain additional information or enter the contest may do so online at www.circuitcellar.com/DL2001. Additional information is also available on the Atmel website www.atmel.com. The launch of the Design Logic 2001 contest is timed to coincide with the beginning of Atmel's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. FPSLIC and AVR seminar series. Design engineers can attend any of 18 seminars that will be held from Feb. 2, 2001 through March 15, 2001. Additional information and registration for these seminars is available online at www.atmel.com/ad/fpslicsem2001.html. About FPSLIC FPSLIC, Field Programmable System Level Integration Circuits, bring the benefits of Programmability to System-on-Chip design. The first family consists of embedded 10K-40K gates of AT40K FPGA, 8-bit AVR RISC microcontroller, 36K bytes program & data RAM and several dedicated peripherals, including UARTs, hardware multiplier, 2-wire interface, and others. Additional custom peripherals can be created in the FPGA and memory mapped directly in the address space of the microcontroller. The entire device is SRAM-based, allowing both the instruction set for the micro and the hardware code for the FPGA to be reconfigured in real time, any number of times. Device performance is rated at 30MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. running at 40MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. . The tool set is completely integrated and includes everything necessary to implement designs -- including complete AT40K series FPGA and AVR microcontroller tools, along with Exemplar Synthesis, Model Tech Simulator and Mentor's Seamless Co-verification tools. The Coverification tools are the first offered for programmable design -- significantly reducing design time, cost and risk by enabling hardware & software co-design and verification in the beginning of the design process. About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , BiCMOS, bipolar SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Atmel product and financial information can be retrieved from its Fax-on-Demand service. In North America call 800/292-8635. Internationally from a fax phone, dial 408/441-0732. Requests may be sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's website at www.atmel.com. Note to Editors: Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof and others contained herein, are trademarks of Atmel Corporation. Terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others. |
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