EP3C16F256I7N Altera, EP3C16F256I7N Datasheet - Page 17

• Manufacturer Part Number: EP3C16F256I7N
• Description: Cyclone III
• Manufacturer: Altera

Cyclone III:
Lowest
System-Cost
FPGAs
Features
Altera Corporation-Preliminary
March 2007
CIII51001-1.0
The Cyclone
memory-rich FPGA family. Cyclone III FPGAs are built on TSMC's 65-nm
low-power (LP) process technology with additional silicon optimizations
and software features to minimize power consumption. With this third
generation in the Cyclone series, Altera broadens the number of high
volume, cost-sensitive applications that can benefit from FPGAs.
Cyclone III devices are designed to offer low-power consumption and
increased system integration at reduced cost.
Reduced Cost
Cyclone III devices deliver the lowest device and system costs based on
the following facts:
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Lowest-Power 65-nm FPGA
Cyclone III devices are the lowest-power 65-nm FPGAs designed via
TSMC’s 65-nm low power process and Altera’s power aware design flow.
Cyclone III devices support hot-socketing operation, hence, unused I/O
banks can be powered down when the devices to which they are
connected are turned off. Cyclone III device low power operation:
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Increased System Integration
Cyclone III devices provide increased system integration by offering the
following features:
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Staggered I/O ring to lower die area
Wide range of low cost packages
Support for low-cost serial flash and commodity parallel flash
devices for configuration
Extends battery life for portable and handheld applications
Enables operation in thermally challenged environments
Eliminates or reduces cooling system costs
Density is up to 119,088 logic elements (LEs) and memory is up to 3.8
Mbits. See
High memory to logic ratio for embedded DSP applications
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III FPGA family offered by Altera
Table 1–1 on page
1. Cyclone III Device Family
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is a cost-optimized,
Overview
Preliminary
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