Product category: Programmable Logic Devices
News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: Stratix II
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 08 June 2006
FPGA coprocessor accelerates x86
applications
XtremeData is using a Stratix II FPGA for its XD1000 FPGA coprocessing solution.
XtremeData chose Altera's largest Stratix II FPGA device for its XD1000 FPGA coprocessing solution The XD100 FPGA module is pin compatible with the AMD Opteron processor, offering developers the ability to accelerate algorithms by up to 100 times and applications by up to 10 times, while minimising power consumption
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 May 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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