Toshiba Announces Commercial Production of FFSA™ for NEC iPASOLINK™ Microwave Backhaul Products

Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that NEC Corporation (NEC), having previously chosen the Toshiba FFSA™ (Fit Fast Structured Array) flexible custom LSI solution, has now moved to the commercial production phase of its iPASOLINK™ high capacity microwave communication equipment for mobile networks, utilizing this innovative solution.
 [p"NEC has adopted FFSA™ for its water-resistant, durable, compact microwave system iPASOLINK™ AOR (All Outdoor Radio) and will expand the adoption of FFSA™ to other iPASOLINK™ systems" said Mr. Atsushi Noro, deputy general manager, Mobile Wireless Solutions Division, NEC.[/p][p"By changing from conventional FPGAs to a FFSA™ NEC was able to achieve high performance with low-power consumption, as well as a timely product launch to address the needs of the quickly growing mobile network"  added Noro.
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Toshiba addresses the customer’s main development criteria such as performance, power, and time to market with its FFSA™ solution, using licensed technology from BaySand Inc. FFSA™ offers a new and flexible custom LSI solution to replace broad FPGA series and ASICs with pre-designed masters featuring configurable I/Os, SerDes (Serializer Deserializer), and SRAMs which can be configured according to the customer’s requirements. FFSA™ supports various types of SerDes protocols for wired and wireless networking, as well as storage and consumer applications.

Going forward, Toshiba will position FFSA™ solutions as a new choice for custom LSI development to help customers optimize their system design and to enable timely product development.

To find out more about FFSA™, visit: http://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/ap-en/product/asic/structured-arrays.html

Notes:

* FFSA is a trademark of Toshiba Corporation

* iPASOLINK is a trademark of NEC Corporation