ARM and AMBA Processors

For embedded systems designers, Actel offers a broad range of industry-standard microprocessors.

Because there is an abundance of third-partysoftware and support available for industry-standard architectures, Actel's portfolio allows designers to use the processors and tools they are familiar with when using Actel's innovative FPGAs. This broad portfolio enables designers to select the best processor for their application and easily combine it with the core benefits offered by Actel's flash-based FPGAs — ease of design, reprogrammability, and reduced development cost and risk.

Recently, Actel added two new controller cores — the small, easy-to-use CoreABC and the configurable Core8051s — to its processor library. Like all Actel processors, these new cores operate with the industry-standard AMBA bus interface, enabling flexible, cost-effective system-on-chip (SoC) solutions across a broad range of markets and applications.Worldwide support for the AMBA bus enables designers to find and implement the specific functional elements needed for their embedded designs.

CoreABC is a powerful and easy-to-use solution for a broad range of embedded control applications. It is also the industry's smallest and first RTL programmable soft micro for FPGAs.

Core8051s is a configurable version of Actel's popular Core8051. The controller features one clock per instruction throughput and supports a range of configurable peripheral functions. Core8051s connects to the APB bus for easy integration with other APB peripherals using Actel's CoreConsole tool.