Product category: Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: Cyclone II
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 01 July 2004
Low-cost FPGAs boost design density
Offering 30% lower cost and more than three times the logic density of its predecessor, Cyclone II FPGAs aim to expand on the industry-leading success set by the first-generation Cyclone family.
Offering 30% lower cost and more than three times the logic density of its predecessor, Cyclone II FPGAs aim to expand on the industry-leading success set by the first-generation Cyclone family In addition, Cyclone II FPGAs are approximately half the cost and, based on benchmark results from a large suite of designs, are more than 50% faster than competing low-cost FPGAs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Mar 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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