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TITLE: Structured ASIC offered by Altera
Altera Corp. has introduced HardCopy II, a structured ASIC that
allows designers to migrate a Stratix FPGA design to a more
efficient device once programmability is no longer needed.
HardCopy II chips cost roughly one-tenth as much as equivalent
Stratix II FPGAs and typically run about twice as fast and
consume about half as much power. While the original HardCopy is
essentially a Stratix FPGA with the programmability removed,
HardCopy II uses an entirely different architecture than Stratix
II. Specifically, Stratix II uses large logic blocks, but
HardCopy II uses fine-grained logic elements. However, FPGA
users do not need to re-work their designs when moving to
HardCopy II since Altera has created libraries that automate the
conversion process. Pricing for HardCopy II chips starts at $15
for 100,000-unit orders.
For additional information, access: Altera
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FILENUMBER: 1211
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Structured ASIC Altera
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DATE: June 2005
TITLE: Structured ASIC offered by Altera
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