Altera Unveils Industry's Fastest Programmable Logic HyperTransport Interface
Industry's Only IP Core Supporting HyperTransport Version 1.03 is Shipping Today
Platform Conference, SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR - News) today unveiled the fastest
HyperTransport(TM) solution on the market. Altera's 12.8 Gbps HyperTransport
technology running on a Stratix(TM) EP1S25 device will be shown in a live
demonstration at the Platform Conference in San Jose.
"Altera's Stratix devices and HyperTransport intellectual property allow
our customers to integrate the BCM1250 processor in a wide range of
applications through its HyperTransport interface," said Krishna Anne,
strategic marketing manager at Broadcom's Broadband Processor Business Unit.
"Altera's design expertise with their HyperTransport technology shows their
continuing commitment to provide leading edge interface solutions."
In addition, Altera announced the availability of the programmable logic
industry's only HyperTransport intellectual property core (IP) supporting
version 1.03. Altera's new MegaCore® function supports the complete
HyperTransport protocol and is fully compliant with versions 1.03 and 1.01a of
the HyperTransport specification. The MegaCore function is parameterizable
with programmable configuration space, variable buffer sizes and supports
Altera's Atlantic(TM) on-chip bus interface. The HyperTransport MegaCore
function consumes 10,000 logic elements (LEs) in a Stratix device and is
shipping to customers today. HyperTransport interfaces are currently
available on a wide range of devices, including network processors,
co-processors, video chipsets, and ASICs.
"We are very pleased that Altera has been able to offer such a high
performance HyperTransport interface IP function on programmable logic," said
Gabriele Sartori, president of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. "The
HyperTransport interface is gaining popularity in the networking and storage
marketplace for its speed and versatility."
"We see strong demand from customers for a high performance bridge between
HyperTransport and a variety of other bus interfaces," said Justin Cowling,
Altera's intellectual property marketing director. "Designed with the
Atlantic interface, the HyperTransport core is easily bridgeable to our
growing family of interface IP."
Other highlights at this two-day event include Altera's presentation
titled "High-Performance, Reprogrammable HyperTransport Bridging Applications
in FPGAs," delivered by senior product marketing engineer Eugene Ahn at the
HyperTransport Consortium Developer Track on Wednesday, July 17 at 4:30 pm.
This presentation will discuss the high-performance I/O capabilities that have
rapidly become an essential element of system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC)
designs as the demand for data bandwidth continues to explode across many
communications applications. For more information about Altera at the
Platform Conference, please visit
http://www.altera.com/education/events/northamerica/evt-platform.html .
Pricing and Availability
The HyperTransport IP MegaCore is now shipping to customers and will be
available for general download from The IP MegaStore(TM)
( http://www.altera.com/IPmegastore ) in August 2002. A royalty-free, node
locked, perpetual license for use in Altera devices will cost $17,995
(ordering code: IP-HT).
About Stratix Devices
Stratix devices are based on a 1.5-V, 0.13-micron, all-layer copper SRAM
process, with densities ranging from 10,570 to 114,140 logic elements (LEs)
and up to 10 Mbits of RAM. Stratix devices support various differential I/O
electrical standards such as the LVDS, LVPECL, PCML and HyperTransport
standards, as well as high-speed interfaces, including the UTOPIA IV, SPI-4
Phase 2, SFI-4, 10G Ethernet XSBI, RapidIO(TM), HyperTransport and other
interfaces. More technical information about the Stratix device family is
available at http://www.altera.com/stratix .
About Altera
Altera Corporation is the world's pioneer in system-on-a-programmable-chip
(SOPC) solutions. Combining programmable logic technology with software
tools, intellectual property, and technical services, Altera provides
high-value programmable solutions to approximately 14,000 customers worldwide.
More information is available at http://www.altera.com .
NOTE: Altera, The Programmable Solutions Company, the stylized Altera
logo, specific device designations and all other words that are identified as
trademarks and/or service marks are, unless noted otherwise, the trademarks
and service marks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries.
HyperTransport is a trademark of the HyperTransport Consortium. All other
product or service names are the property of their respective holder.
CONTACT: Bruce Fienberg of Altera Corporation, +1-408-544-6397, or
newsroom@altera.com
