SiliconBlue Technologies announced volume production shipments for its 65nm, SRAM-based FPGAs for handheld applications. These include the iCE65L02, iCE65L04 and iCE65L08 devices with the balance of the family to follow in a few months. The iCE family is a non-volatile FPGA optimized for battery powered consumer handheld market. With their ASIC-like logic capability, SiliconBlue’s iCE65 devices are single-chip, reconfigurable, SRAM-based and incorporate the company’s proprietary NVCM (Non-Volatile Configuration Memory) technology, eliminating external flash PROM costs while making it easy-to-use.

SiliconBlue’s complete design environment includes the iCEcube VHDL and Verilog-based development software, the iCEman evaluation kit and a portfolio of IP and turnkey designs for handheld applications. The iCE65L02, iCE65L04 and iCE65L08 are available now with pricing as low as $1.00 in high volume. The products are available in a range of packages including VQFP, BGA, WLCSP and KGD (Known Good Die).