Low-Cost, Low-Power FPGAs for Transceiver Applications Requiring up to 3.75 Gbps
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Altera’s second 40-nm FPGA delivers the capabilities of a high-end FPGA at the price of a low cost FPGA. Arria® II GX FPGAs are based on a full-featured 40-nm FPGA fabric that includes adaptive logic modules (ALMs), rich digital signal processing (DSP) resources, embedded RAM, and built-in PCIe interfaces. This makes Arria II GX FPGAs ideal for higher volume applications that require higher processing capability. The Arria II GX FPGA's high-performance FPGA fabric with 3.75-Gbps transceivers enables the next-generation infrastructure for digital video to be built at an affordable price.
The Arria II GX FPGA family offers a range of devices from 45K to 260K logic elements, provides up to 11.8 Mb of memory, and supports up to 16 transceivers. Arria II GX FPGAs support vertical migration, which allows you the flexibility of starting your designs today with one device and, if desired, moving to a different density device later.
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Design with Ease
To address the real design challenges involved with high-speed serial transceiver designs, the Arria II GX FPGA is architected for low cost and low power and comes with tools to help you meet these multiple challenges in parallel:
- Get started today by leveraging existing protocol reference designs
- Order your Arria II GX Development Kit and get up and running fast
- Build a PCIe design in 45 minutes (free online training course)
- Utilize SOPC Builder for quick and easy system-on-a-chip integration
- Employ Altera’s free online Signal Integrity and Board Design resource centers for support and guidance on power distribution network (PDN), regulator selection, Gigahertz channel considerations, and much more
Complete Solutions
Arria II GX FPGAs are ideal for transceiver applications requiring up to 3.75 Gbps and provide complete solutions, including intellectual property (IP), design guidelines, and collateral to help you design with ease in several market segments, including:
