FlexLogix validates eFPGA cores on TSMC 16nm

 EFLX200K verification chip (7 × 7 array of EFLX 4K core: 182K LUT4, 560 MAC, 1.4Mbit additional SRAM, PLL and PVT) evaluation board has been integrated for customers to test their RTL on real silicon. " High-performance customers designing chips for networks, data centers, base stations, AI, and machine vision have discovered the tremendous advantages of using eFPGA, which is now used in 16nm technology by leading foundry TSMC." FlexLogix CEO Geoff Tate said. "The verification chip is manufactured in TSMC 16FFC, but GDS is also compatible with TSMC 16FF +." Evaluation boards are now available for short-term evaluation or purchase by customers : documentation, examples, test platforms, and EFLX compilers are included with the evaluation board . " The TSMC16FFC validated EFLX4K is based on the Gen 2 architecture, which includes a 6-input LUT, improved interconnects for large array performance, a larger MAC pipeline, special logic for testing acceleration, and configuration readback. The Gen 2 architecture is being implemented from 180nm to 16nm and is supported by the same EFLX Compiler software tool.