Seven Members of the High-Performance Stratix FPGA Family and Three Members of the Low-Cost Cyclone FPGA Family Now Available in Production
As it continues to roll out the industry's first production-grade FPGA families built on 0.13-micron process technology, Altera Corporation announced that its StratixTM EP1S60 and CycloneTM EP1C12 devices are now shipping. All members of the Stratix FPGA family are now production qualified, giving customers the widest array of high-density FPGAs currently available from an FPGA vendor.
Altera's track record of engineering excellence has gained the confidence of customers who need to take their products to market quickly and with the lowest possible risk. The Stratix device family allows customers to address the challenges of building high-bandwidth systems, while the low-cost Cyclone device family delivers the flexibility customers need for their designs at ASIC-like prices.
The move to volume production for both the high-performance Stratix and low-cost Cyclone device families is driven by the success of the partnership between Altera and TSMC. Introduced in February 2002 and built on TSMC's proven all-copper, 0.13-micron process technology, the Stratix device family's rollout has been Altera's fastest to date. Using the same process and introduced in September 2002, the Cyclone device family is also rolling out in record time with three out of five devices now shipping in production.
Pricing and Availability
Production versions of Stratix EP1S60 devices are available now in 1.27 mm, 956-pin BGA and 1.0 mm, 1020-pin and 1508-pin FineLine BGA® packages. Stratix EP1S60 device pricing for 10Ku quantities will be $580 at the end of 2003. All seven Stratix family members are now shipping to customers.
Production versions of Cyclone EP1C12 devices are available now in 0.5 mm, 240-pin PQFP and 1.0 mm, 256-pin and 324-pin FineLine BGA packages. Cyclone EP1C12 device pricing for 25Ku quantities will be $30 at the end of 2003. A total of three Cyclone family members are now shipping with the fourth device, the EP1C3, expected to ship this month.
