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Actel: History, Art, Technology & Measurement

Actel Corporation was an American manufacturer of nonvolatile, low-power field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), mixed-signal FPGAs, and programmable logic solutions. It had its headquarters in Mountain View, California, with offices worldwide. In November 2010, Microsemi acquired Actel for $430 million. In May 2018, Microchip Technology acquired Microsemi.

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Actel topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Art, Technology and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Actel.

Related topics
13
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
16
Extracted relationships
29
Concept neighborhoods
8
Bridge connections
16

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History and competition · 5 topics
Controversy · 4 topics
Overview · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Industry
Integrated Circuits
Headquarters
San Jose, California, United States
Net income
US$-46.2 Million (FY 2009)
Number of employees
500+
Operating income
US$-21.3 Million (FY 2009)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History and competition

Controversy

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Actel connects Entity context

The extracted context around Actel shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Actel → Actel's, Axcelerator, FPGA, FPGAs, Fusion, IGLOO, MX, PolarFire, ProASIC3, SX-A Another extracted example is Actel → Actel's, FPGA, FPGAs, GateField, ProASICPLUS FPGA. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Actel

Top relations

related to Technologies · 10
Actel → Actel's, Axcelerator, FPGA, FPGAs, Fusion, IGLOO, MX, PolarFire, ProASIC3, SX-A
related to history · 5
Actel → Actel's, FPGA, FPGAs, GateField, ProASICPLUS FPGA
Founded · 1
Actel → 1985; 41 years ago (1985)
Headquarters · 1
Actel → San Jose, California, United States
Industry · 1
Actel → Integrated Circuits
Net income · 1
Actel → US$-46.2 Million (FY 2009)
Number of employees · 1
Actel → 500+
Operating income · 1
Actel → US$-21.3 Million (FY 2009)
Products · 1
Actel → FPGAs, Embedded Processors
Revenue · 1
Actel → US$191 Million (FY 2009)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

fpgas fpga microsemi actel's flash-based technology acquired igloo proasic3 mixed-signal anti-fuse smartfusion corporation headquarters california million known include introduced fusion

Actel relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 29 structured relationships around Actel. Examples in this analysis include Actel → Founded → 1985; 41 years ago (1985) and Actel → Headquarters → San Jose, California, United States. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ActelFounded1985; 41 years ago (1985)1.00infobox
ActelHeadquartersSan Jose, California, United States1.00infobox
ActelIndustryIntegrated Circuits1.00infobox
ActelNet incomeUS$-46.2 Million (FY 2009)1.00infobox
ActelNumber of employees500+1.00infobox
ActelOperating incomeUS$-21.3 Million (FY 2009)1.00infobox
ActelProductsFPGAs, Embedded Processors1.00infobox
ActelRevenueUS$191 Million (FY 2009)1.00infobox
ActelSuccessorMicrosemi1.00infobox
ActelTotal assetsUS$307 Million (FY 2009)1.00infobox
ActelTotal equityUS$233 Million (FY 2009)1.00infobox
ActelTraded asNasdaq: ACTL1.00infobox
ActelTypePublic1.00infobox
ActelWebsitewww.actel.com www.microsemi.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Actel bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Fpga, Fpgas and Introduced. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Actel
    • Fpga
    • Fpgas
    • Introduced
    • Flash-based
    • Aerospace
    • Corporation
    • Military
    • Million
    • Solutions
    • Acquired
    • Include
    • Known
  • actel
    • Fpga
    • Fpgas
    • Introduced
    • Flash-based
    • Aerospace
    • Corporation
    • Military
    • Million
    • Solutions
    • Acquired
    • Include
    • Known
  • fpgas
    • Actel's
    • Anti-fuse
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Igloo
    • Proasic3
    • Flash-based
    • Fpga
    • Aerospace
    • Anti-fuse-based
    • Military
    • Nonvolatile
  • microchip technology
    • Flash
    • Fusion
    • Mixed-signal
    • Fpga
    • First
    • New
    • Nonvolatile
    • Solutions
    • Acquired
    • Introduced
    • Known
    • Microsemi
  • mountain view, california
    • Headquarters
    • Founded
    • Aerospace
    • Anti-fuse-based
    • Became
    • Corporation
    • Military
    • Million
    • Technologies
    • Website
    • Known
    • Microsemi
  • microsemi
    • Million
    • Founded
    • Aerospace
    • Anti-fuse-based
    • Became
    • Headquarters
    • Military
    • Technologies
    • Website
    • Known
    • Technology
  • anti-fuse
    • Citation
    • Needed
    • Fpgas
    • Flash
    • Include
    • Known
    • Proasic3
    • Flash-based
    • Fpga
  • smartfusion
    • First
    • Logic
    • Programmable
    • Include
    • Introduced
    • Flash-based
    • Fpga
    • Actel
    • Fpgas

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Actel, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Actel with History and competition. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Actel — History and competition · splits 11 ⟂ 6
Actel — Overview · splits 12 ⟂ 5
Actel — Controversy · splits 12 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Actel

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples29
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Actel to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Art, Technology & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Actel · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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