Actel Corporation has today announced that X-traFun has selected its eX field-programmable gate array (FPGA) device for the upcoming Game Boy Advance Bluetooth Wireless PDA Cartridge. Using Actel"s FuseLock antifuse technology, the eX FPGA will secure X-traFun"s proprietary IP from reverse engineering, and has also enabled significant reductions in the total system cost, size, and weight for the production version of the X-traFun cartridge.
"Our unique Bluetooth cartridge will bring a variety of new applications to the ubiquitous Game Boy Advance platform, allowing users to enjoy wireless connectivity wherever they take their Game Boy," said Mark Kramer, president and CEO of X-traFun. "The design security, ease of integration and component count savings offered by Actel"s eX FPGA made it the ideal platform to bringing the X-traFun cartridge to a mass market audience. With board space at a premium, we used one eX device to run all the glue logic for all the embedded device communications, lowering our component count by a factor of five. At the same time, the eX device provided the performance needed to support interactive wireless gaming and other infotainment applications."