Microchip Technology has released its second development tool, the industry's lowest-power SoC FPGA, PolarFire Device, which claims to be the only mid-range device of its type, supporting both dual 4K video processing and quad-core RISC-V application-level processors running RTOS and rich operating systems. Such as Linux. Smart embedded vision program for designers using its PolarFire RISC-V SoC FPGA.
The latest release simplifies the development of edge computing solutions in thermal challenging environments for IIoT and factory automation applications. Its Intelligent Embedded Vision development platform adds the company's previously announced VectorBlox SDK and IP for programming trained neural networks using PolarFire devices without prior FPGA expertise.
There are commercial RTOS solutions such as VxWorks and Nucleus, as well as FreeRTOS solutions such as Zephyr and FreeRTOS. Middleware solutions are provided by DornerWorks, Hex Five, and Verify Security. The platform includes support for the MI-V RISC-V ecosystem, including development tools for AdaCore, Green Hills Software, Mentor Graphics, and Wind River.
Users can learn one platform and use three applications at the same time. These SoC FPgas combine thermal efficiency and defense-grade security for smart connected systems, with power consumption half that of other options. SoC and intelligent embedded vision platforms offer designers a rich choice of operating system-based edge computing, hard real-time, large 2MB of memory and mixed real-time as well as rich operating system support.
