Silicon Platforms for DSP

Altera^® FPGAs incorporate a host of features that enable high-performance digital signal processing (DSP) in wireless, medical, broadcast, high-definition video, and other systems. These features include embedded memory blocks, multipliers, processors, and high-speed I/Os and external memory interfaces.

Tables 1 and 2 list device features that enable high-performance DSP applications.

Features	Devices
*Table 1. DSP-Related Features of Stratix Series FPGAs*
Features	Stratix^® IV E	Stratix IV GX	Stratix III E
Maximum Logic Elements (LEs)	820,000	531,200	254,400
Maximum 18 x 18 Embedded Multipliers (For Fixed-Point Multiply Operation)	1,288	1,288	896
Maximum 36 x 36 Embedded Multipliers (For Single Precision Floating-Point Multiply Operation)	322	322	224
Maximum M9K Block RAMs	1,610	1,280	864
Maximum Number of Registers	650,440	424,960	203,520
Maximum DDR Memory Interface	533-MHz DDR3 400-MHz DDR2 200-MHz DDR	533-MHz DDR3 400-MHz DDR2 200-MHz DDR	533-MHz DDR3 400-MHz DDR2 200-MHz DDR
Maximum LVDS Performance	1.6 Gbps	1.6 Gbps	1.6 Gbps
Maximum High-Speed LVDS Channels	132	98	132

Features	Devices
*Table 2. DSP-Related Features of Cyclone and Arria Series FPGAs*
Features	Arria^® II GX	Arria GX	Cyclone^® III
Maximum Logic Elements (LEs)	256,500	90,220	119,088
Maximum 18 x 18 Embedded Multipliers (For Fixed-Point Multiply Operation)	736	176	288
Maximum 36 x 36 Embedded Multipliers (For Single Precision Floating-Point Multiply Operation)	184	44	72
Maximum M9K Block RAMs (M4K for Arria GX Devices)	950	400	432
Maximum DDR Memory Interface	300-MHz DDR3 300-MHz DDR2 200-MHz DDR	233-MHz DDR2 200-MHz DDR	200-MHz DDR2 167-MHz DDR
Maximum LVDS Performance	1 Gbps	840 Mbps	840/945 Mbps
Maximum High-Speed LVDS Channels	144	45	233

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