Cologne Chip AG from Cologne has been a well-known name in the market as a manufacturer of telecommunications chips for over 25 years. As a German chip manufacturer, the company has succeeded, throughout its history, in outstripping industry giants such as Siemens, Infineon, and Intel in the field of ISDN chips. Two years ago, Cologne Chip presented its latest product family to its customers at Embedded World in Nuremberg: the GateMate FPGAs.