Altera and ZMDI add digital power management to FPGA

Altera is to integrate the digital power management technology of ZMDI (Zentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden) into its Enpirion PowerSoC devices.

Adding ZMDI’s technology to Enpirion PowerSoCs will provide greater control performance between Altera’s FPGAs and its power management ICs, enabling Enpirion devices to support various new power modes delivering up to a 30% reduction in FPGA power consumption (static and dynamic).

ZMDI’s digital power technology allows the implementation of multi-objective, heterogeneous control modes while delivering best-in-class transient response in a programmable digital domain.

Dr. Anthony Kelly, formerly ZMDI’s chief system architect, will join Altera and lead the digital power design team.

“The addition of digital control into our highly integrated power ICs will allow us to better address the power supply demands of high-end FPGAs while delivering increased system-level power savings,” says Altera’s Mark Davidson.

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