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SiliconBlue Wins Two Accolades from EE Times
• Company added to EE Times list of 60 emerging start-ups
• Mobile Handset DesignLine editor votes SiliconBlue article “Best of” for 2008
| SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 2, 2009 - SiliconBlue® Technologies, a leading supplier of single chip, ultra low-power FPGAs, today announced that the company has been added to EE Times list of emerging start-ups, reflecting the lastest innovations in companies and technologies. In addition, the company’s article titled “Programmable Logic Used in Handsets – The Basics” won editor’s pick on Mobile Handset DesignLine. Both accolades reflect a high level of interest from EE Times readers, as well as their editors. SiliconBlue’s iCE65™ ultra low-power FPGAs are the premier programmable logic solution for consumer, battery-based applications such as smart phones, portable media players, digital still cameras, netbooks, mobile internet devices, hand-held POS systems, medical instruments, eBooks/ePaper and flash camcorders. Manufactured on TSMC’s 65nm LP (low-power) standard CMOS process, the new ASIC-like, single-chip iCE65™ family of FPGAs incorporates the company’s proprietary NVCM (Non-Volatile Configuration Memory) technology, eliminating external flash PROM costs while making it easy-to-use. “It is very encouraging to be recognized by EE Times readers and editors for our efforts to bring ultra-low power solutions to the designers of handheld, consumer products,” said Kapil Shankar, CEO of SiliconBlue. “Our products and technology allow us to deliver an unprecedented combination of power, price and performance to these designers who want to use programmable logic but have not because power was too high or performance was too low.” To review EE Times list of emerging startups, version 8: http://eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=FOLHJ1LTN4CQEQSNDLRSKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=213000246&pgno=1 To view EE Times “Best of ’08: DesignLines, TechOnline”: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=UBR4VCQJUTJGGQSNDLPSKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=212700115 To view SiliconBlue’s article “Programmable logic use in handsets – The basics”: http://mobilehandsetdesignline.com/howto/211900003 About SiliconBlue SiliconBlue provides a new class of ultra-low power FPGAs designed specifically for handheld consumer applications. Manufactured on TSMC’s 65nm LP (low power) CMOS process, the iCE65 family meets the power, price and area requirements for battery-operated products such as: smart phones, portable media players, digital still cameras, mobile internet devices and hand-held POS (point-of-sale) systems. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the privately held company has a highly skilled team of PLD experts who have been instrumental in developing and patenting many of the leading programmable logic technologies on the market today. Learn more at: www.siliconbluetech.com |
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