Altera Corporation has shipped the Stratix V GT FPGA featuring
28-Gbps transceivers. Stratix V GT devices are the industry's
highest bandwidth and highest performance FPGAs available,
claims Altera.
Altera says Stratix V GT FPGAs support the rapid growth
in network traffic being driven by Internet and Internet
Protocol (IP)-based services and applications and innovative
companies like JDSU leverage it's solutions to get early
access to the most advanced technologies for use in their
next-generation test and measurement solutions.
"JDSU's customers' demand our solutions be at the
leading edge of technology, so having Altera as a partner
ensures we are well positioned to deliver the most advanced
instruments that enable our customers to deploy high-performance
broadband communications applications," said Lars Friedrich,
vice president and general manager in JDSU's Communications
Test and Measurement business segment. "As the only
FPGAs available today with 28-Gbps transceivers, Stratix
V GT FPGAs enable us to incorporate the most sophisticated
functionality into our systems that deliver the highest
performance and data throughput."
According to Altera, Stratix V GT FPGAs integrate into
the industry's highest performance 28-nm process technology
(28HP) and the devices support backplane, optical module
and chip-to-chip applications through four 28-Gbps transceivers,
32 full-duplex, 12.5-Gbps transceivers, and up to 4x72-bit
DIMM DDR3 memory interfaces supporting 2133 Mbps. The 28-Gbps
transceivers featured in Stratix V GT FPGAs meet the CEI-28G
specification while consuming only 200 mW per channel, dramatically
reducing a system's power-per-bandwidth profile, says Altera.
A video showing the transceiver performance of Stratix V
GT FPGAs titled "Sneak Peek: Industry's First 28-Gbps
FPGA" is available for viewing on Altera's website.
Stratix V GT FPGAs are optimized specifically for use in
the latest generation of 40G/100G applications and beyond
used in communications systems, high-end test equipment
and military communications systems. The devices include
up to 622K logic elements (LEs), 512 18x18 multipliers,
hardened PCI Express (PCIe), 10-Gbps Ethernet (10GbE) and
Interlaken intellectual property blocks, and support the
latest high-speed serial protocols.
"By leveraging a tailored 28-nm technology approach
that includes the highest performance process and most advanced
transceiver technology, we enable customers like JDSU to
deliver the breakthrough bandwidth they need to bring the
most cutting-edge systems to market quickly and with greater
confidence," said Patrick Dorsey, senior director of
product marketing at Altera. "No other FPGA currently
shipping in the industry delivers the bandwidth and power
efficiency that Stratix V GT FPGAs provide, giving our customer's
products more reach, flexibility and reliability."
Availability: Engineering samples of Altera's Stratix
V GT FPGAs are available.
For additional information visit: www.altera.com
