Date: 22/11/2008

Actel's FPGAs to manufacture from UMC's 65nm low leakage and embedded flash tech

Actel's next generation flash-based FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Array) will be manufactured on UMC's 65nm low leakage process, and will take advantage of the foundry's 65nm embedded flash (eFlash) technology. Successful first-silicon demonstration of Actel's 65nm eFlash-based FPGA has already been achieved at UMC's 300mm fabs.

UMC's 65nm CMOS technology is in volume production at the company's two 300mm fabs, with yield-proven customer products from all major sectors of the semiconductor industry. UMC's 65nm embedded flash technology is ready for customer design-in, with key modules ready and working silicon already achieved.