Altera adds new member to Cyclone II FPGA family

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Altera Corporation has introduced a new member of its low-cost Cyclone II FPGA family.

Altera Corporation has introduced a new member of its low-cost Cyclone II FPGA family, the EP2C15A. Featuring 240 K bits of embedded RAM and 14,448 logic elements, the new Altera device gives designers a higher memory-to-logic ratio than
previously available.

Altera designed the EP2C15A with "fast-on" capability, shortening the power-on time of the device at start up, and enabling it to meet the 50-ms requirement for automotive applications. The Cyclone II FPGA family members EP2C8 and EP2C20 are also now available with the new fast-on feature.

"A wide range of choices in the lower density range of the Cyclone II FPGA family provides engineers with more options when designing cost-sensitive, high-volume
applications," said Marketing Director, Asia Pacific, Louie Leung. "Specifically in the automotive market, the fast-on capability will be compelling for applications such as navigation, rear-seat entertainment, car networking and driver assistance."

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br>The Cyclone series of devices is the market leader in low-cost FPGAs. Available on 90-nm and 130-nm process technologies and designed from the ground up for low cost, Cyclone FPGAs enable customers to enjoy first-to-market success, greater product differentiation and increased profit versus what they might gain from alternative solutions such as ASICs or ASSPs. The Cyclone II FPGA family also offers the highest
performance of any competing low-cost FPGA and consumes as little as 12 MW of static
power.