Altera Stratix Devices Move to Production Status
SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced that the Stratix(TM) EP1S20
and EP1S25 devices have passed reliability tests and qualify for production
status. Customers around the world ready to ramp their system-on-a-
programmable-chip (SOPC) designs now have immediate access to both devices
through Altera's distribution channels.
"We are pleased to be receiving production-quality versions of Stratix
devices," said Dave Blakeney, vice president of engineering for Marconi's
broadband routing and switching group. "Our design required large amounts of
embedded memory, and Stratix devices were the only FPGAs that could deliver
what we needed."
"Both the Stratix EP1S20 and EP1S25 devices are in-house and on our
shelves," said Skip Streber, senior corporate vice president, Arrow
Electronics. "Customer demand for Stratix devices has been unprecedented and
we are happy to support the immediate availability of production volume for
both these products."
Customers can visit the Arrow web site at www.arrow.com to place their
orders today.
The first production units of the EP1S25 devices, with 25,660 logic
elements (LEs) and 1.9 Mbits of embedded RAM, were shipped in September, only
four months after initial availability of engineering samples. The Stratix
EP1S20 devices, with 18,460 LEs and 1.6 Mbits of embedded RAM, are rolling out
as production-qualified devices without going through the engineering-sample
phase. The immediate move to production status for the EP1S20 devices is made
possible by the scalability of the Stratix family's modular design
architecture.
"Nearly every aspect of the Stratix rollout has been exceptional," said
Steve Mensor, senior director of product marketing at Altera. "This has been
our fastest product rollout, both in terms of the availability of engineering
samples as well as the rate at which family members have been qualified for
production status." To read what customers are saying about Stratix devices,
visit
www.altera.com/corporate/news_room/customer_quotes/cqt-index.html#stratix
Today, Altera is shipping five of the eight Stratix device family members.
The sixth member, the EP1S30 device, will go straight to production status and
begin shipping by the end of November.
Over the course of this quarter, Altera plans to transition the EP1S80
device from engineering samples to production availability. The EP1S10 and
EP1S40 devices will move to production status in the first quarter of 2003,
followed by the introduction of the EP1S60 devices directly into production
status in the second quarter. Availability dates for both engineering samples
and production versions of the Stratix devices are available on Altera's web
site at www.altera.com/products/devices/stratix/overview/stx-overview.html.
About Stratix Devices
Stratix devices are based on a 1.5-V, 0.13-um all-layer-copper SRAM
process, with densities ranging from 10,570 to 114,140 LEs and up to 10 Mbits
of RAM. Stratix devices offer up to 28 digital signal processing (DSP) blocks
with up to 224 embedded multipliers, optimized for DSP applications that
require intensive data processing. Stratix devices support various
differential I/O electrical standards such as the LVDS, LVPECL, PCML and
HyperTransport(TM) 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. Stratix devices also offer a complete
clock management solution with their hierarchical clock structure and up to 12
phase-locked loops (PLLs). More technical information about the Stratix
device family is available at 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 www.altera.com
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Altera Corporation
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