Altera development kit targets Stratix IV FPGAs

The Stratix IV E FPGA development kit provides users with a comprehensive design environment that includes the hardware and software needed to begin prototyping high-density designs.

It is based on a high-performance, high-density Stratix IV EP4SE530 FPGA that features 530,000 logic elements (LEs).

The performance and density advantage offered by the Stratix IV EP4SE530 FPGA enables customers using the Stratix IV E FPGA development kit to fit their large designs into a single device and achieve fast timing closure.

The Stratix IV E FPGA development kit is the first kit available to feature an FPGA interfacing with a 533MHz DDR3 DIMM.

Using this kit, customers can develop and test memory subsystems consisting of DDR3 DIMMs, QDR II+ and RLDRAM II memory interfaces.

The Stratix IV EP4SE530 FPGA is pin compatible with Stratix III FPGAs, enabling customers to migrate their Stratix III FPGA design to a higher-density Stratix IV E FPGA.

Customers can also convert their final Stratix IV E FPGA design to Altera's Hardcopy IV E ASIC.

Upon silicon availability in 2010, customers will also be able to migrate their Stratix IV E FPGA design to a higher-density EP4SE820 device.