Altera Release the EP3SL150 65nm Stratix III FPGA

Altera announced the shipment of the EP3SL150 Stratix III FPGA. The 150K Logic Elements EP3SL150 FPGA is the first member of Altera’s 65-nm Stratix III FPGA family. EP3SL150 Stratix III FPGA is ideal for a broad range of applications such as high performance computing, network infrastructure, next-gen base-stations, and advanced imaging equipment.

Altera Stratix III FPGA

Stratix III FPGAs offer both 45 percent lower power consumption and a 25 percent performance advantage over competing solutions. The combination of Stratix III FPGAs and Altera Quartus II design software improves productivity as well as performance. For example, in the area of memory interfaces, the Stratix III FPGAs provide designers with the industry's only fully compliant interface support for the newly ratified JEDEC DDR3 SDRAM standard, including read and write leveling to DIMMs as well as devices.

Stratix III FPGAs feature Altera's innovative Programmable Power Technology. This power management 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.

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