The RT PolarFire FPGA cuts power consumption to approximately half that of alternative SRAM-based FPGAs with equivalent density and performance. Its SONOS Non-Volatile (NV) technology enables its configuration switches to be implemented in a more power-efficient architecture that cuts development and bill of materials costs through simplified, less expensive and lighter power system design while minimising heat dissipation to reduce thermal management problems. Designs are further simplified as compared to using SRAM-based FPGAs because the RT PolarFire FPGA eliminates the cost, complexity and recovery downtime of mitigating configuration SEUs.
The RT PolarFire FPGA will undergo the standard process for meeting QML standards including class V qualification for highly critical applications.  Microchip has lengthy experience achieving QML qualification for its RTG4 FPGAs and other products, which requires extensive and continuous testing including screening each wafer and package assembly lot.

Packaged in a hermetically-sealed ceramic column grid array with integrated decoupling capacitors, Microchip’s RT PolarFire RTPF500T FPGA will be available and qualified for space-flight deployment in 2021. Customers can start designs now using the commercial PolarFire MPF500T FPGA with Microchip’s Libero® software tool suite that includes optional Triple Mode Redundancy (TMR) synthesis support for implementing SEU mitigation where required, such as in control circuits. Development boards are available with the commercial PolarFire FPGA and will later include the RT PolarFire device in engineering model form. Available radiation data includes TID, SEL, configuration upsets, and upsets in unprotected D-Flip Flop (DFF) and memory.

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