Milpitas, California-based LSI Logic Corp says it now has a conversion path that will enable customers to convert an existing Actel field-programmable gate array into an LSI Logic mask programmable gate array and will formally unveil it in the first quarter of 1991: field-programmables are used for protyping and initial production, but the design must then be converted into a gate array for volume production, requiring separate tools that are not compatible; with the new conversion path, customers can take an Actel array design and convert it to an LSI Logic gate array via a functional translation of Actel designs into a format that is readily accepted by LSI’s Modular Design Environment in a procedure that takes less than 10 minutes and supports the conversion of both single and multiple Actel arrays.
