``The two largest players in the programmable logic market, Xilinx and Altera, are betting on proprietary RISC processors (MicroBlaze and Nios, respectively) to win over the hearts and minds of embedded systems engineers.``

``Concerning compatibility, the ubiquity of the ARM architecture means that loads of software already in use is fully compatible with the Actel/ARM environment, as well as a robust, proven set of development and debugging tools.``