
Microsemi Fusion FPGAs integrate configurable analog, large flash memory blocks, comprehensive clock generation and management circuitry, and high-performance, flash-based programmable logic in a monolithic device. Microsemi's innovative Fusion architecture can be used with the Microsemi soft MCU core as well as the performance-maximized 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M1 cores, offering the benefits of reprogrammability and time to market at an ASIC-level unit cost.
The highly configurable Cortex-M1 processor operates at up to 72 MHz in Microsemi's flash-based, M1-enabled Fusion mixed signal FPGAs. Providing a good balance between size and speed for embedded applications, the core can be implemented in as few as 4300 tiles, roughly 30 percent of a mixed signal M1AFS600 Fusion FPGA. The free delivery of the Cortex-M1 processor for use in Microsemi's M1-enabled FPGAs provides system designers programmable flexibility and system-level integration, enabling the development of low-cost, high-performance systems. Microsemi will support the Cortex-M1 processor with its CoreConsole IP Deployment Platform, its SoftConsole program development environment, and Microsmei Libero IDE – all available for free download from the Microsemi SoC Products Group website.
Microsemi Fusion Mixed Signal FPGAs