Altera increases density range of Stratix IV FPGAs
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Altera Stratix IV FPGAs
Altera Europe has announced that it has increased the high-end density range of its 40-nm Stratix IV E FPGAs to 820K logic elements (LEs).
The EP4SE820 FPGA is suited for a variety of high-end digital applications that require resource-rich FPGAs, including ASIC prototyping and emulation, wireline, wireless, military, and computer and storage applications.
Altera's Stratix IV E FPGAs feature four devices ranging in density from 230 to 820K LEs.
The EP4SE820 delivers 53 per cent higher density than Altera's EP4SE530 device and is at least one speed grade faster than the closest competitor's largest offering, according to the company.
The density, performance and power-saving features in the EP4SE820 FPGA enable customers to simplify their design partitioning, accelerate their verification cycle and reduce their total system power.
Increasing the number of LEs in Stratix IV E FPGAs to 820K gives ASIC-prototyping designers the ability to implement larger ASIC designs on a single FPGA, which simplifies board design and minimises the number of design partitions.
For designers wanting to move their design into an ASIC after FPGA prototyping, Altera offers a low-risk, low-cost migration path to ASIC production with its Hardcopy IV ASICs.
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