APEX 20K Device Family Overview

With devices ranging from 30,000 to 1.5 million gates (112,000 to 2.5 million system gates) and clock rates up to 840 MHz, Altera's APEX^™ 20K FPGAs offer complete system-level integration on a single device. The innovative APEX MultiCore^™ architecture combines and enhances the strengths of previous FPGA architectures, delivering design integration for system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) applications.

The APEX 20K device family consists of APEX 20K, APEX 20KE, and APEX 20KC devices. To learn more about the differences between the devices, visit the APEX 20K features and APEX 20K architecture web pages.

Altera offers a migration solution from APEX 20KE and APEX 20KC FPGAs to HardCopy^® ASICs for customers who need a low-risk cost reduction path for high-volume production. Time-sensitive applications can be prototyped and ramped up into production using APEX 20KE and APEX 20KC devices, and when the design is ready for high-volume production, customers can reduce overall costs by migrating the design to HardCopy ASICs. HardCopy ASICs preserve the functionality and timing of the design and improve time-to-market at the lowest cost for high-volume production.

Tables 1, 2, and 3 list the device features of APEX 20KC (1.8 V), APEX 20KE (1.8 V), and APEX 20K (2.5 V) devices.

Notes:

1. For APEX 20KC devices, -7 is the fastest speed grade; for APEX 20K and APEX 20KE devices, -1 is the fastest speed grade.
2. PQFP = Plastic quad flat pack.
3. BGA = Ball-grid array.

Notes:

1. TQFP = Thin quad flat pack.
2. For APEX 20KC devices, -7 is the fastest speed grade; for APEX 20K and APEX 20KE devices, -1 is the fastest speed grade.

Notes:

1. For APEX 20KC devices, -7 is the fastest speed grade; for APEX 20K and APEX 20KE devices, -1 is the fastest speed grade.
2. TQFP: thin quad flat pack, PQFP: plastic quad flat pack, RQFP: power quad flat pack, BGA: ball-grid array.