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Altera Adds to Cyclone FPGA Series

Nov 06, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) --

Company: Altera Corp. (ALTR)

Adding to the Cyclone FPGA series and extending its transceiver position, Altera announced the new Cyclone IV FPGA family.

Responding to increased bandwidth needs driven by the demand for mobile video, voice, and data access, and the hunger for high-quality 3D images, the company noted, the new Cyclone IV FPGA family adds support for mainstream serial protocols while offering what the company called an optimal balance of low power and a rich supply of logic, memory and DSP capabilities.

The Cyclone IV FPGA family offers two variants. Cyclone IV GX devices have up to 150K logic elements (LEs), up to 6.5-Mbits of RAM, up to 360 multipliers, and up to eight integrated 3.125-Gbps transceivers supporting mainstream protocols including Gigabit Ethernet (GbE), SDI, CPRI, V-by-One and Cyclone IV GX has hard IP for PCI Express (PCIe). With low power consumption and packages as small as 11x11 mm, these devices address small form-factor applications in the wireless, wireline, broadcast, industrial and consumer markets. Cyclone IV E devices deliver high functionality, and lower power by up to 25 percent, according to the company, compared to previous generation Cyclone products for power-sensitive applications such as handheld software-defined radio.

"Cyclone IV FPGAs will expand the reach of FPGAs like never before," said Vince Hu, vice president of product and corporate marketing at Altera. "By rivaling the cost of ASSPs and offering unmatched flexibility, Cyclone IV FPGAs are the obvious choice for next-generation designs. The innovative features of the Cyclone IV family make it easy for designers to support multiple protocols, simplify board design and create obsolescence-proof solutions that will outlast ASSPs."

Altera is a provider of programmable solutions to system and semiconductor companies.

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