Ron WilsonEditorial Director, EETimes, EDN Highly regarded as one of the most respected editors in the electronics industry, Ron has 38 years of experience with technology publishing giants EETimes and EDN to name a few.
"Tabula could be game-changing. Tabula's main innovation is to exploit brilliantly a growing imbalance in conventional FPGA implementation. The architecture has several important implications. First, it packs about 3x more logic into a given area than a conventional FPGA. Second, Tabula can emulate eight-port embedded RAM blocks by time-multiplexing the inputs and outputs of a single-port physical RAM, so the company can implement memory that is physically faster, denser, and lower in both static and dynamic power than the true eight-port blocks on a conventional high-end FPGA."
Hans MosesmannManaging Director, Raymond James Analyst Covering Large-Cap Semis Intel, Altera, AMD, Xilinx
"Tabula has a very clever solution that is very innovative. As a sell-side analyst what I look for is something that allows you to have some kind of edge that allows you to succeed and I think they have the elements of this with their Spacetime technology. Tabula's Steve Teig is a Silicon Valley guru. Dennis Segers, former executive at Xilinx has put together a very elite team of executives from Xilinx and Altera. They have the very good prospects of being successful in this market and thriving."
Rich WawrzyniakSr. Market Analyst, Semico Research Focus: Programmable logic, ASIC, SOC Semiconductors
"For decades, the Holy Grail for electronic system manufacturers has been a logic platform that combines programmability and flexibility with large capacity and cost effectiveness. Semico believes that the unique approach to how Tabula accomplishes this is truly innovative and is something the entire semiconductor industry should take note of. The combination of on board large density memory and SerDes channels that Tabula provides communications OEMs goes a long way in solving a lot of the problems they have especially in light of the increased demand of bandwidth that they are encountering today."
Tom Halfhill
Senior Editor at The Linley Group / In-Stat Microprocessor Report, Senior Analyst
"For years, chip designers have yearned for the day when three-dimensional chips with stacked layers of logic will be practical. Tabula's new programmable-logic devices emulate three-dimensional stacked chips by rapidly reconfiguring their two-dimensional fabrics. [ ] Tabula could become a third major competitor in the FPGA market alongside Altera and Xilinx. Those are the two industry leaders for the past 20 years. So, it is a big deal."
Jordan SelburnPrincipal Analyst Market Research Firm iSuppli
"Annual revenue for core silicon, the largest segment in the semiconductor industry, is set for unprecedented growth in 2010. Among the three major core silicon segments, Programmable Logic devices (PLD) will grow the fastest, finishing the year at $4.7 billion, up 43.0 percent from the 2009 levels. Wired communications and industrial market applications will drive PLD sales. This would shatter the record for annual sales of programmable logic devices, set back in 2000."
