Altera ships high-end Stratix III FPGA family

Bangalore

September 13th, 2007

Altera Corporation announced the shipment of the EP3SL150, the first member
of its 65-nm Stratix III FPGA family. Featuring 150K logic elements, the
EP3SL150 is suited for a range of applications such as high performance
computing, next-generation base stations, network infrastructure, and advanced
imaging equipment.

Stratix III FPGAs promise 45 percent lower power consumption and a 25 percent
performance advantage over competing solutions. To lower power during
performance, Stratix III FPGAs feature Altera's programmable power technology.
This technology enables every programmable logic array block (LAB), digital
signal processing (DSP) block and memory block to operate independently at
high-speed or low-power mode. The PowerPlay feature in Quartus II software
automatically controls the mode of each block based on performance requirements.
Another unique power saving feature is the selectable core voltage, which allows
designers to choose 1.1V core voltage for high-performance applications or 0.9V
core voltage for the lowest power consumption.

The Stratix III EPSL150 FPGA is shipping to customers now.