Nallatech
{{Short description|American computer hardware and software firm}}
Nallatech is a computer hardware and software firm based in Camarillo, California, United States.{{cite book|last=Baker|first=David|title=Jane's Space Directory|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e7RTAAAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Jane's Information Group|page=278|isbn=9780710626387}}
The company specializes in field-programmable gate array (FPGA) integrated circuit technology applied in computing. As of 2007 the company's primary markets include defense and high-performance computing.{{cite web|url=http://www.clabbyanalytics.com/uploads/Nallatech_Final.pdf|title=Powerful Partners Helping Drive FPGA System Supplier Nallatech's Success|access-date=2013-08-21|publisher=Clabby Analytics|date=June 2007}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Nallatech was acquired by Interconnect Systems, Inc. in 2008,{{cite web |title=Company Overview |date=February 2012|publisher=Interconnect Systems, Inc.
|url=http://www.innovative-dsp.com/company/ISI_Company_Overview_Apr_2012_LRT.pdf|access-date=2013-08-21}}
which in turn was bought by Molex in 2016.{{cite web |title= Molex buys ISI, gets Nallatech in the process |date=13 April 2016 |url=http://www.newelectronics.co.uk/electronics-news/molex-buys-isi-gets-nallatech-in-the-process/117733/|access-date=2017-03-28}}
Background
The company was founded by Allan Cantle ('Nalla' comes from 'Allan' spelled backwards) in 1993 and was backed by over £4 million of equity finance provided by Scottish Equity Partners and 3i. Cantle was the CEO for the firm, later moving into president and CTO roles.
In 2005 Nallatech announced a Scottish group known as the FPGA High Performance Computing Alliance, to work on a supercomputer.{{Cite news|date=25 May 2006|title=Nallatech Helps Forge Alliance to Advance FPGA-Based High-Performance Computing|work=Press release|url=http://www.soccentral.com/results.asp?CatID=199&EntryID=13580|url-status=dead|access-date=23 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622220639/http://www.soccentral.com/results.asp?CatID=199&EntryID=13580|archive-date=22 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}
Nallatech's direct sales team operates in two main geographic areas, one in the US and one in UK covering UK, Europe and rest of the world. The team in the USA (Nallatech, Inc.) sales office in Eldersburg, Maryland and headquartered in Camarillo, California.
Nallatech is a member of the OpenPOWER Foundation.{{cite web|title=Current Members|url=https://openpowerfoundation.org/membership/current-members/|access-date=2017-03-28|publisher=OpenPOWER Foundation}}
Products
Nallatech was promoted for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) FPGA technology applied in computing.{{cite book|title=Aerospace Engineering|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hU9KAQAAIAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Society of Automotive Engineers|page=6}}{{cite book|last=Boogar|first=Steve|title=Directory of Electronics Technologies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x5ZFJ77hLeAC&pg=PA64|publisher=BoogarLists|page=64|id=GGKEY:6PUKR52C2TJ}} According to David R. Martinez, Robert A. Bond, and M. Michael Vai, Nallatech systems are "based on a modular design concept in which the designer chooses the number of FPGAs, amount and type of memory, and other expansion cards to include in a system."{{cite book|last1=Martinez|first1=David R.|last2=Bond|first2=Robert A.|last3=Vai|first3=M. Michael|title=High Performance Embedded Computing Handbook: A Systems Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSSRt9nu6MsC&pg=PT250|date=20 June 2008|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-4200-0666-7|page=250}}
Nallatech is also known for its motherboards with PCI cards which provide a "high throughput connection over which a host PC can provide and receive data and monitor system performance."{{cite book|last=Cantoni|first=V.|title=Proceedings: Computer Architectures for Machine Perception|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-ZVAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=IEEE Computer Society. Technical Committee on Computer Architecture, IEEE Computer Society Press,.|page=300|isbn=9780769507408}}{{cite book|last=Grayver|first=Eugene|title=Implementing Software Defined Radio|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FwVpvXuqWQsC&pg=PA256|date=20 July 2012|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4419-9332-8|page=256}}{{cite book|last1=Agha|first1=Khaldoun Al|last2=Omidyar|first2=Cambyse Guy|title=The Proceedings of the Fifth IFIP-TC6 International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks: Singapore, 27-29 October 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XSYOD5fLoIC&pg=PA246|date=1 January 2003|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=978-981-279-114-6|page=246}}
On June 17, 2015, it released the 385A FPGA Accelerator Card, which includes the Altera Arria 10 / 1150 FPGA, PCI-Express form factor and works with most major servers, including IBM, HP and Dell.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}
In March 2011 the company announced a miniaturization service for their FPGAs.{{cite web |work=EE Times|url=http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1316537 |access-date=2013-08-21|title=Nallatech offers FPGA miniaturization services for commercial and military applications|author=Clive Maxfield|date=2011-03-15}}
In 2012, Nallatech has partnered with Altera, and integrated their PCI Express card with Stratix V FPGAs.{{cite web |url=http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/fpga-gurus/4409503/Two-new-Stratix-milestones-from-NovaSparks-and-Nallatech |access-date=2013-08-21|work=EDN Network |title=Two new Stratix milestones from NovaSparks and Nallatech |author=Loring Wirbel |date=April 6, 2012}}
Xilinx's Xtreme DSP kit was developed with Nallatech, and like Xilinx, Nallatech uses "floating-point cores" in their FPGAs.{{cite book|last1=Cheung|first1=Peter Y. K. |last2=Constantinides |first2=George A. |last3=Sousa |first3=Josâe T. de |title=Field-Programmable Logic and Applications: 13th International Conference, FPL 2003, Lisbon, Portugal, September 1-3, 2003, Proceedings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=802Ij7r6QREC&pg=PA980 |date=1 January 2003 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-40822-2 |page=980}}{{cite book |last=Zhuo |first=Ling |title=High-performance Linear Algebra on Reconfigurable Computing Systems |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LB80mUHRAkwC&pg=PA16 |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-549-25111-8 |page=16}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.nallatech.com/ Official website]
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