Altera Broadens Markets for Arria GX FPGAs

(Product News, 8 Apr 2008)

Altera Corp.'s Arria GX FPGA family now offers support for transceiver speeds up to 3.125Gbps, additional serial protocols and reduced static power. Based on the Stratix II GX technology, the Arria GX FPGAs are designed to deliver robust signal integrity at a low price for higher volume applications. The increased transceiver speeds, expanded protocol support and reduced static power enables the Arria GX family to deliver greater value in communications, broadcast, computer, storage and industrial markets.

The Arria GX family includes increased performance and function of the transceivers to drive serial interfaces at speeds from 600Mbps up to 3.125Gbps and a reduction in static power of up to 20 percent. In addition, Arria GX FPGAs provide support for more protocols, including XAUI, SDI, CPRI, OBSAI and SerialLite II, along with the ability to develop proprietary, serial-based IP using its Basic mode. The Arria GX family continues to support PCI Express (PCIe), Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and Serial RapidIO (SRIO) protocols. The upgraded device also includes performance-enhancing features such as channel equalization. Arria GX FPGAs utilize flip-chip packaging technology that provides superior signal integrity compared to wire-bond packages.

The Arria GX family is comprised of five devices ranging in density from 21K to 90K LEs, up to 4.5Mb of embedded memory and up to 176 multipliers. The family is built on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.s (TSMC's) 90nm process.

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