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Date:12th Nov 06
Stratix
III FPGA family from Altera has rich features
Say, you are walking in a big house/villa where lights
go full-bright around your passing areas and rest in dim-mode
to save power; this is exactly what altera has done in this
new 65nm family of FPGAs called Stratix III to save power.
The power of each block can be programmed either as high
or low power based on it's usage. The other interesting
features packed in this family are,
Up to 338,000 basic logic elements; quite a high density
compared to any other in the market.
300 times more MAC performance compared to the latest DSP
available in the market.
Tamper proofed and blocked from reverse engineering by supporting
256 bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) with volatile
and non-volatile security keys.
The core voltage is selectable at 1.1 V for high performance
and 0.9V for low power consumption.
Quartus II software v6.1 is added with advanced design features
such as time quest timing analyzer, top-down and bottom-up
incremental compilation and multiprocessor support.
EDA vendors Aldex, Magma, Mentor Graphics, and Synplicity
support Staratix III family.
Availability: Sampling in 3Q07, but the customers are encouraged
to start their Startix III designs now itself using Quartus
II design software v6.1.
Price: Each $549.
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