The new package for the A1240XL device is 50 percent smaller than the 84-pin PLCC package, previously the smallest package available for that device.
Samples are currently available for both new packages.
Software support is provided by Actel's Designer Series 3.1 software tool, which will begin shipping in July. This autumn, ARM will further extend the signal processing capabilities in its processor cores with the introduction of its 'Piccolo' line of DSP co-processor solutions. The ARM6 and ARM7 are also suitable for DSP with their barrel shifter, data handling operations, and arithmetic capabilities. The ARM7TDMI, introduced last year, adds a DSP enhanced multiplier, the EmbeddedICE on-chip Debug and the Thumb extension. As a member of the DataBlade Developers Program, Open Text demonstrated their technology in the Partner Pavilion at the Informix Worldwide User Conference this week, along with more than twenty other Informix DataBlade Technology Partners.