HardCopy APEX 20KC and HardCopy APEX 20KE Overview
Altera's HardCopy® APEX™ 20KC and HardCopy APEX 20KE ASICs offer you the ability to seamlessly migrate your high-density FPGA design to a high-volume solution. Using a unique migration process that requires virtually no customer involvement, HardCopy ASICs provide a low-risk, low-cost, timesaving alternative to ASICs.
HardCopy APEX 20KC and HardCopy APEX 20KE ASICs are manufactured using the same process technology used in manufacturing APEX 20KE FPGAs. Providing significant cost, time, integration, and verification benefits, HardCopy APEX 20KC and HardCopy APEX 20KE ASICs also seamlessly migrate Nios® embedded processors as well as Altera® MegaCore® and Altera Megafunction Partners Program (AMPPSM) intellectual property (IP).
| Table 1. HardCopy APEX 20KC ASIC Overview |
| Feature |
HC20K400 |
HC20K600 |
HC20K1000 |
| Maximum system gates |
1,052,000 |
1,537,000 |
1,772,000 |
| Logic elements (LEs) |
16,640 |
24,320 |
38,400 |
| Embedded system blocks (ESBs) |
104 |
152 |
160 |
| Maximum RAM bits |
212,992 |
311,296 |
327,680 |
| Phase-locked loops (PLLs) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Maximum macrocells |
1,664 |
2,432 |
2,560 |
| Maximum user I/O pins |
488 |
508 |
708 |
| Package (mm x mm) |
Maximum User I/O Pins |
652-pin ball-grid array (BGA)
45 x 45
|
488 |
488 |
488 |
672-pin FineLine BGA
27 x 27
|
488 |
508 |
508 |
| 1,020-pin FineLine BGA ("F33" ordering code) 33 x 33 |
- |
- |
708 |
| Table 2. HardCopy APEX 20KE ASIC Overview |
| Feature |
HC20K400 |
HC20K600 |
HC20K1000 |
HC20K1500 |
| Maximum system gates |
1,052,000 |
1,537,000 |
1,772,000 |
2,392,000 |
| LEs |
16,640 |
24,320 |
38,400 |
51,840 |
| ESBs |
104 |
152 |
160 |
216 |
| Maximum RAM bits |
212,992 |
311,296 |
327,680 |
442,368 |
| PLLs |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
| Maximum macrocells |
1,664 |
2,432 |
2,560 |
3,456 |
| Maximum user I/O pins |
488 |
508 |
708 |
808 |
Package
(mm x mm) |
Maximum User I/Os |
652-pin BGA
45 x 45
|
488 |
488 |
488 |
488 |
672-pin FineLine BGA
27 x 27
|
488 |
508 |
508 |
- |
| 1,020-pin FineLine BGA ("F33" ordering code) 33 x 33 |
- |
- |
708 |
808 |
|