Product category: Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: MAX II
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 8 April 2004
CPLDs claim the edge
Altera has released new benchmark information showing that the MAX II device family delivers a 50% performance advantage over competing solutions
Based on newly published benchmarks, MAX II devices extend Altera's performance leadership at a time when demand for faster core performance in CPLD designs is increasing dramatically. "MAX II devices have an inherent performance advantage over macrocell-based CPLDs due to the new register-rich architecture, which includes very short routing paths", said Luanne Schirrmeister, Altera's Director of Product Marketing for MAX products.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 April 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The new performance threshold established by the MAX II family benefits digital designers in every segment of the electronics industry by combining an unprecedented low-cost structure with high performance".
A recently released Gartner Dataquest report on user wants and needs in the programmable logic market shows there is increased demand for higher performance in the CPLD market.
The research shows that in 2003, nearly 70% of CPLD designs required performance greater than 30MHz, whereas the number of designs requiring performance greater than 100MHz experienced the highest growth.
With core frequencies at greater than 300MHz, MAX II devices can easily achieve the performance requirements of the next generation of CPLD applications.
Benchmark analysis was performed on Altera's own MAX II CPLD family and the latest CPLD families from both Lattice Semiconductor Corporation and Xilinx, Inc.
Using Altera's Quartus II version 4.0 design software, Lattice's ispLever version 3.0 design software, and the Xilinx ISE version 6.2 design software, Altera compiled over 100 designs targeting each device family.
Using "best-effort" settings, the results of the exercise show that on average, MAX II devices outperform Lattice's ispXPLD devices by 80% and Xilinx's CoolRunner II devices by 50%.
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