Altera unveils Stratix II GX FPGAs

Altera Corporation has begun shipping its Stratix II GX
EP2SGX90E device and accompanying development kit. Featuring 12 transceivers and
90,960 equivalent logic elements (LEs), the EP2SGX90E device is the first member
of the Stratix II GX FPGA family to ship to customers.

The Stratix II GX signal integrity development kit is a
platform for evaluating and validating the signal integrity features of the
6.375-Gbps transceivers. It provides everything necessary for the validation of
high-speed backplane interface, chip-to-chip and communications
protocol-bridging applications. This includes configuration options, flexible
clocking options and a USB port to interface with a PC for easy plug-and-play.

The kit, available for $1,295, also includes Quartus II
design software, an AC adaptor power supply, an USB-blaster download cable, two
SMA-compatible cables, reference designs and documentation. The Stratix II GX
family is Altera's third-generation of FPGAs with embedded transceivers. With
up to 20 low-power transceivers operating between 622 Mbps and 6.375 Gbps,
Stratix II GX FPGAs offers a programmable solution for the growing number of
applications and protocols requiring high-speed serial transceivers.

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