SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Altera Corporation
(Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced it has successfully interoperated
its 28-nm Stratix® V GX FPGA with PLX® Technology's (Nasdaq: PLXT)
ExpressLane™ PCI Express® (PCIe®) Gen3 switch. Stratix V GX FPGAs
feature hard PCIe Gen3 IP blocks and are the only FPGA shipping
today that interoperate with a PCIe Gen3 switch.
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"Interoperating the industry's highest-performance 28-nm FPGA
with the industry's first PCIe Gen3 switch saves significant
development time by enabling customers to focus on design issues
rather than verifying electrical compliance between devices," said
Patrick Dorsey, senior director of
component marketing at Altera. "The hard PCIe Gen 3 IP blocks in
Stratix V conserve logic resources, while increasing throughput and
reducing power consumption for high-performance, leading-edge
applications."
Stratix V FPGAs feature up to four hard PCIe Gen3 x8 IP blocks.
The PCIe Gen3 IP blocks support x1, x2, x4 and x8 lane
configurations and provide transfer rates up to 8-Gbps per lane,
sustaining 2X higher throughput using Gen3 x8 lanes compared to the
previous Gen2 x8 version. Hardening the PCIe IP blocks in Stratix V
FPGAs delivers a savings of over 100,000 logic elements when
compared to alternative soft implementations. The hard PCIe Gen3 IP
blocks embed the PCIe protocol stack into the FPGA and include the
transceiver modules, physical layer, data link layer and
transaction layer. Stratix V FPGA's PCIe Gen3 IP targets PCIe Base
Specification Rev. 3.0, 2.x, and 1.x.
"Interoperation with Stratix V GX FPGAs and PLX PCIe Gen3
switches is critical in the development of the ecosystem and we are
pleased to see leaders like Altera developing Gen3 products," said
David Raun, vice president of
marketing and business development at PLX. "Having launched
the industry's first PCIe Gen3 silicon in 2010, and remaining the
only company shipping production-ready Gen3 switches today, PLX is
well-prepared to service this rapidly expanding market."
PCIe Gen3 is the latest version of the industry's most popular
high-speed interconnect technology, and PLX switches blend valuable
innovation and high port counts to enable new, more powerful
designs in servers, storage and communications platforms. The PLX
Gen3 portfolio includes 11 devices ranging from 12 to 48 lanes and
three to 18 ports with more configurations in development. All
devices are available today from PLX.
Altera's 28-nm Device Portfolio—Tailored for Specific Design
Needs
Altera's 28-nm FPGA portfolio is the industry's most
comprehensive set of devices tailored to meet the customer's
diverse design requirements. The portfolio provides customers with
clearly differentiated solutions across its Arria® V, Cyclone® V,
and Stratix V FPGA families and its HardCopy® V ASIC family. By
investing in process technology, architecture, transceiver
technology and hard intellectual property (IP) blocks, the
portfolio enables designers to meet their unique cost, performance,
and low-power needs with less time and effort. For more information
on Altera's 28-nm product portfolio, visit
www.altera.com/28nmportfolio.
Pricing and Availability
Stratix V FPGA are currently shipping. The high-performance
28-nm devices are used by customers who require the highest
performance and latest technologies, including 14.1 Gbps
transceivers, embedded HardCopy blocks and variable precision DSP
blocks. For additional information on PCIe technology see
http://www.altera.com/technology/high_speed/protocols/pcie-hard-ip/pro-hard-ip.html.
For additional information about Stratix V FPGAs, visit
www.altera.com/stratix5. For information about pricing, contact
your local Altera sales representative.
About Altera
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semiconductor companies to rapidly and cost-effectively innovate,
differentiate and win in their markets. Find out more about
Altera's FPGA, CPLD and ASIC devices at www.altera.com. Follow
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