Microchip non-volatile FPGA "PolarFire"

Microchip's PolarFire family offers scales from 100K to 480K logic elements (LEs), making them cost and power optimized mid-range FPGAs.
Up to 50% less power than SRAM FPGAs with similar performance. It is ideal for a wide range of applications such as industrial cameras and IoT edge devices, as well as networking and industrial equipment.

Features of PolarFire

Low power consumption due to non-volatile process

- Reduces power consumption by up to 50% compared to competing FPGAs

- Eliminate extra BOM costs such as fans and heat sinks

Low power transceiver optimized for 12.7Gbps

Saves space by not requiring configuration ROM

- Reduced BOM cost of Configuration ROM

- Minimum 11x11mm package

High reliability with strong soft error immunity

- Neutron radiation effects not detected

1.6 Gbps I/O supporting DDR4/DDR3/LPDDR3, LVDS

- Supports MIPI CSI-2Tx/Rx with Standard I/O (Rx: 1.5 Gbps/lane)

Power consumption comparison

As can be seen from the graph, the static power consumption is significantly lower than competing FPGAs, and the transceiver power consumption is also half as low.

As a result, it is possible to reduce power consumption by 40% to 50%.

as a reason

・Low power consumption by Flash-based technology

・Transceiver optimization

is mentioned.

For details, please refer to the related article below.

https://www.macnica.co.jp/business/semiconductor/articles/microchip/133146/

The graph on the right shows the results of operating under the following conditions for power consumption comparison with competing FPGAs.

Application ①: Router

Transceiver: 10Gbps x 16 lane

Logic elements: 220 K

Operating frequency: 160MHz