22 April 2008
Actel Teams With Pigeon Point Systems On TCA Market Solution Actel Corporation, a member of the ARM Connected Community, has confirmed that it has partnered with Pigeon Point Systems to deliver system management platforms for high performance applications. Leveraging Actel's single-chip, mixed-signal Fusion Programmable System Chip (PSC) with an embedded FPGA-optimized 32-bit ARM Cortex-M1 processor and optimized Pigeon Point firmware, the first products will include development kits to speed the design of Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (ATCA) and Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) carrier board management controllers, all based on the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) architecture, the companies said. "Designing a TCA management controller around a mixed-signal Fusion PSC yields a controller that is optimized for TCA and potentially integrates board-specific logic into the FPGA as well, with resulting benefits in bill of materials (BOM) costs and other areas for our mutual customers," said Mark Overgaard, president at Pigeon Point Systems. "Fusion PSCs with an embedded soft ARM Cortex-M1 processor give TCA designers a new high-performance option for easily managing the critical system functions that affect the efficiency and power consumption of their systems." "Our existing Fusion-based, turnkey MicroTCA platforms have experienced tremendous success. The combination of our mixed-signal Fusion PSC, industry-leading Pigeon Point firmware, the FPGA-optimized ARM Cortex-M-1 processor, and reference designs represents a platform able to support even higher performance TCA applications, giving us reason to expect this trend to continue as we roll out our new TCA offerings over the coming quarters,"
Tanurhan added. According to industry forecasts from market research firm VDC, the opportunity for the overall standards-based TCA system market is expected to be roughly $1.8 billion by 2009. The first turn key solutions developed by Actel and Pigeon Point Systems are scheduled for third quarter 2008.
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