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HardCopy APEX 20KC and HardCopy APEX 20KE Features

Altera's HardCopy® APEX™ 20KC and HardCopy APEX 20KE ASICs provide an alternative to standard-cell ASICs for high-volume production. HardCopy ASICs provide a seamless, low-risk, low-cost, and timesaving migration path to high-volume production, while providing similar features as the equivalent FPGAs.

Table 1 lists the features of the HardCopy APEX 20KC and HardCopy APEX 20KE ASICs.

Table 1. HardCopy APEX 20KC & HardCopy APEX 20KE Features
Feature Benefit
True-LVDS circuitry Full support
MultiCore system integration Full support
Embedded system blocks (ESBs) Memory support
Content-addressable memory (CAM)
Dual-port RAM (DPRAM)
FIFO buffers
RAM
ROM
I/O standards support I/O standards support
3.3-V PCI and PCI-X
AGP
CTT
GTL+
LVCMOS
LVDS
LVTTL
SSTL-2 Class I & II
SSTL-3 Class I & II
High-speed transceiver logic (HSTL) Class I
LVPECL
Consistent voltage operation 1.8 V for APEX 20KE and APEX 20KC migration
Phase-locked loops (PLLs) Support for 4 PLLs
Multiplication range: 1x to 160x
Division range: 1 to 256
MultiVolt I/O operation 3.3, 2.5, and 1.8 V
FineLine BGA packaging (1) Full support
Vertical migration Full support
Advanced manufacturing process 0.18 µm for APEX 20KE and APEX 20KC migration

Note:

  1. BGA = Ball-grid array

Availability & Pricing

For HardCopy ASIC pricing and availability, contact your local Altera representative.

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