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Hongkong, February 7, 2023 /Hashnode/ -- DRex Electronics is a global distributor of electronic components. which offers a wide range of products including integrated circuits, FPGA, capacitors, connectors, diodes, transistors, and more.
Frost&Sullivan forecasts that global FPGA demand will grow from $6.86 billion in 2021 to $12.58 billion in 2025, representing a compound annual growth rate of about 16.4%.
But from the perspective of industry structure, after nearly 40 years of development, FPGA global market competition pattern has become stable. According to the data released by Gartner, in 2021, the market share of AMD (Xilinx), Intel (Altera), Lattice, and Microchip reached 51%, 29%, 7%, and 6% respectively, accounting for 93% of the global FPGA market.
However, as Intel and AMD acquired Altera and Xilinx, the two giants began to develop on the higher end of the FPGA market to match the parent company’s data center strategy. In September, AMD announced that the life cycle of the Xilinx 7 series of products will be extended to 2035 and that some Xilinx 7 products have been working in the market for 10 years, which means that in the mid-end FPGA area, AMD’s strategy is to maintain the old market rather than increase input. This is an opportunity for FPGA manufacturers, originally developed at the low end of the market.
Lattice has recently launched the new Lattice Avant™ FPGA platform, which aims to extend its expertise in low-power architecture, small size, and high performance to mid-range FPGAs. Industry insiders believe that Lattice or become a trailblazer in the mid-end FPGA market.
Comparison of three popular mid-range FPGA products in the market
The previous mainstream mid-range FPGA products in the market mainly include Intel Arria V GZ (450k logic unit) and AMD Kintex-7 (478k logic unit). Now we can add the Avant series of Lattice, because the Avant-E series, the first product based on the Avant platform, has 2.5 times lower chip power consumption, 2 times higher performance, and 6 times lower package volume compared with the two products.
In terms of interconnect, the Avant-E family of chips also boasts configurable SERDES of up to 25 Gbps, support for hardcore PCIe® Gen 4, high-performance I/O and high-speed memory interface support, including LPDDR4 and DDR5.
In terms of software support, Lattice also provides easy-to-use design tools, reference designs and SDKS, various types of IP, and a collection of application-specific solutions, which can help customers achieve the more efficient design and development and faster time-to-market.
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