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Altera's External Memory Solutions Center

Altera's complete memory interface design solutions address today's high-speed memory interface challenges such as memory controller, I/O design, and board-level signal integrity issues. Altera's solutions include advanced device architectures, customizable MegaCore® functions, Quartus® II design software, reference designs, demonstration boards, and simulation models, accompanied by a rich set of technical documentation.

Table 1 lists external memory interfaces supported by Altera® FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs.

Table 1. External Memory Interface Support
Device Memory Type
DDR3 SDRAM DDR2 SDRAM DDR SDRAM RLDRAM II QDRII/+ SRAM
Stratix® IV 1,067 Mbps
533 MHz
800 Mbps
400 MHz
400 Mbps
200 MHz
1,600 Mbps
400 MHz
1,400 Mbps
350 MHz
Stratix III 1,067 Mbps
533 MHz
800 Mbps
400 MHz
400 Mbps
200 MHz
1,600 Mbps
400 MHz
1,400 Mbps
350 MHz
Stratix II and
Stratix II GX
  667 Mbps
333 MHz
400 Mbps
200 MHz
1,200 Mbps
300 MHz
1,200 Mbps
300 MHz
HardCopy® IV (1)

800 Mbps
400 MHz

667 Mbps
333 MHz

400 Mbps
200 MHz

1,600 Mbps
400 MHz

1,400 Mbps
350 MHz

HardCopy III (1)

800 Mbps
400 MHz

667 Mbps
333 MHz

400 Mbps
200 MHz

1,600 Mbps
400 MHz

1,400 Mbps
350 MHz

HardCopy II   533 Mbps
267 MHz
400 Mbps
200 MHz
1,000 Mbps
250 MHz
1,000 Mbps
250 MHz
Stratix and
Stratix GX
    400 Mbps
200 MHz
400 Mbps
200 MHz
800 Mbps
200 MHz
Cyclone® III   333 Mbps
167 MHz
333 Mbps
167 MHz
  333 Mbps
167 MHz
Cyclone II   400 Mbps
200 MHz
333 Mbps
167 MHz
  333 Mbps
167 MHz
ArriaTM GX   466 Mbps
233 MHz
400 Mbps
200 MHz
   
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