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Experience Innovation Driving Innovation at Altera's SOPC World 2005 Global Conferences
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Altera completes rollout of low-cost Cyclone II FPGAs
Altera (San Jose, Calif.) said all Cyclone II FPGAs are shipping today as production-qualified devices and are available for volume shipments from distributors worldwide. Altera said it rolled the entire Cyclone II family out in less than seven months.
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VMETRO has released a new CAML-MOD3 Camera Link adapter module for the company's Xilinx Virtex II Pro-based PMC-FPGA03 PCI mezzanine card (PMC) module.
Capable of capturing video from two base-mode cameras or one base-, medium-, or full-mode camera, the CAML-MOD3/PMC-FPGA03 combination merges data acquisition with the benefits of a local user programmable FPGA.
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Altera's New Stratix II GX FPGAs With Embedded Transceivers Deliver Superior Signal Integrity
Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR - News) launched the Stratix® II GX family, its third generation of FPGAs with embedded serial transceivers. Designed to deliver superior signal integrity, Stratix II GX FPGAs offer a complete programmable solution for the growing number of applications and protocols requiring high-speed serial transceivers. Stratix II GX FPGAs combine the industry's fastest and highest-density FPGA fabric with up to 20 low-power transceivers that operate between 622 Mbps to 6.375 Gbps to meet the requirements of high-speed designs of today and tomorrow.
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Altera and Wi-LAN Form Partnership to Offer First Programmable WiMAX BTS Modem Solution
Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) and Wi-LAN Inc. (TSX: WIN) announced the formation of a partnership to deliver the first programmable, low-cost WiMAX-compliant base transceiver station (BTS) modem solution supporting the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. The solution allows base station developers to deliver WiMAX-compliant products that can be upgraded in the field by service providers in response to changing customer requirements and market conditions. The programmability of Altera's FPGAs, which form an integral part of the solution, also provides developers with the flexibility to rapidly make changes to their design and still meet their time to market goals.
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Altera Extends PCI Express Leadership With x8 Solution for Stratix II GX FPGAs
Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) extended the range of its PCI Express solutions with the release of a x8 PCI Express MegaCore(R) function optimized for Stratix(R) II GX FPGAs. The x8 PCI Express intellectual property (IP) core builds upon the company's commitment to providing designers with PCI Express solutions that can be easily integrated into their designs. Customers can now turn to Altera for a wide range of programmable PCI Express solutions, including low-cost x1 applications up to high-performance systems using the x8 core in combination with the new Stratix II GX FPGA family.
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Altera Qualifies MAX II CPLD Family for Extended Temperature Range
Altera Corporation (ALTR) announced the successful qualification of the MAX(R) II CPLD family for use in extended temperature range applications. Altera qualified the MAX II CPLD family to operate at a junction temperature of -40 degrees C to +125 degrees C. This addition to Altera's extended temperature device portfolio offers designers a low-cost, flexible solution for automotive telematics, infotainment and driver assistance systems, as well as temperature-sensitive military and industrial applications.
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uClinux cross-tools support C++ apps on Nios II soft-core CPU
Microtronix is shipping a uClinux cross-development toolkit for the Nios II soft-core processor that can be implemented in Altera FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays). The Nios II Linux Development Kit lets developers write or port applications to the FPGA using standard Linux or Windows (Cygwin) hosts and standard development tools -- including C++ tools.
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Altera's Cyclone II FPGA Family Now Available in Extended Temperature Range
Altera Corporation announced that its low-cost Cyclone(R) II FPGA family is now available in extended temperature range. The extended temperature range allows Cyclone II FPGAs to operate at a junction temperature of -40 degrees C to +125 degrees C to provide increased flexibility, time-to-market and low-cost advantages for designers of industrial, military and automotive electronics systems.
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Texas Instruments and Altera Partner to Deliver Low-Cost PCI Express
Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) and Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) announced the availability of a low-cost, PCI-SIG-compliant solution that reduces the cost and accelerates the development of PCI Express-based systems. Ideal for video cards, data acquisition, test and network equipment, and various embedded applications, this robust, easy-to-use offering includes TI's XIO1100 PCI Express x1 physical layer (PHY) chip, Altera's low-cost Cyclone(TM) II FPGAs and PCI Express x1 MegaCore® intellectual property (IP) function.
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Altera Delivers Military Temperature FPGAs
Altera announced qualification of its high-performance Stratix(R) FPGA family for military temperature operation requirements, from -55 degrees C to +125 degrees C. This increase in operational temperature support broadens the applications for Stratix FPGAs and builds upon Altera's offerings in the military and aerospace market.
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Altera Stratix II GX FPGAs and Stratix II GX Signal Integrity Development Kit Now Available for Ordering
Continuing to provide developers of high-speed applications with an efficient, low-risk design path, Altera announced that it has begun shipping its Stratix® II GX EP2SGX90E device and accompanying development kit. Featuring 12 transceivers and 90,960 equivalent logic elements (LEs), the EP2SGX90E device is the first member of the Stratix II GX FPGA family to ship to customers.
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Altera Announces New Tool for Easily Accelerating C Into Hardware for Nios II Processor-Based Systems
Altera announced the Nios(R) II C-to-Hardware Acceleration (C2H) Compiler, a new productivity tool for developers of Nios II-based systems that substantially increases the performance of their embedded software. As the number of embedded designs using FPGAs increases, the availability of the Nios II C2H Compiler is targeted at providing developers of embedded systems with the tools they need to be productive and successful. As part of the Nios II C2H Compiler offering, Altera is also providing third-party tools vendors with access to its system- level infrastructure, including the Quartus(R) II SOPC Builder tool, to foster development of a wide range of Electronic System Level (ESL) design tools.
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Altera Speeds Time-to-Market and Improves Performance for Video and Image Processing Applications
Altera Corporation announced a comprehensive, high-performance FPGA solution for designers of video and image processing applications. Comprised of intellectual property (IP) cores, development kits, FPGAs and reference designs, the new offering addresses the need for increased processing bandwidth in video and image processing applications as video standards continue to advance and technologies evolve.
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Altera Now Shipping Version 6.0 of Nios II Processor and Development Tools
Altera Corporation announced the immediate availability of version 6.0 of the Nios® II embedded processor and the Nios II Embedded Design Suite (EDS). The Nios II EDS now includes 32bit, single-precision, IEEE 754-compatible floating-point support and the recently announced Nios II C-to-Hardware Acceleration (C2H) Compiler. Additionally, Altera has updated the Nios II embedded processor to improve designers’ productivity when building multiprocessor systems.
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Altera Delivers PCI-SIG-Compliant x8 PCI Express Solution Supporting Stratix II GX FPGA
Altera Corporationtoday announced that its Stratix® II GX FPGA, PCI Express x8 MegaCore® intellectual property (IP) core and Stratix II GX-based PCI Express Development Kit passed the PCI-SIG Compliance tests. Altera’s complete solution of devices, IP and new PCI Express Development Kit provides designers with the bandwidth required for storage, computing, networking, video imaging and telecom applications.
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Altera's Stratix II FPGAs Provide Complete Design Security Solution for Protection of Intellectual Property
Intellectual
property (IP) protection has become a primary challenge in today's highly competitive commercial environment, as well as in government and military applications, which have an inherent need for elevated security. In response, Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced the availability of a comprehensive Stratix(R) II FPGA design security solution to protect IP. The easy-to-implement Stratix II design security solution uses advanced encryption standard (AES) along with a 128-bit non-volatile key, and is ideal for applications requiring design flexibility and protection.
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Altium Releases TASKING VX-toolset for Altera's Nios II Embedded Processors
Altium Limited (ASX: ALU) announced the release of a new TASKING VX-toolset for Altera® Corporation's Nios® II family of embedded processors. Altium's TASKING VX-toolset for the Nios II embedded processor operates seamlessly within the Nios II Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and acts as a 'drop in' replacement to Altera's standard GNU C compiler (GCC) to deliver significantly enhanced code optimization options for developers and produce faster and smaller applications.
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Altera Adds New Member to Cyclone II FPGA Family
Altera Corporation introduced a new member of its low-cost Cyclone(R) II FPGA family, the EP2C15A. Featuring 240 Kbits of embedded RAM and 14,448 logic elements, the new Altera(R) device gives designers a higher memory-to-logic ratio than previously available.
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Altium - Embedded processor technology set to boost Altera based system performance
The release of a new TASKING VX-toolset for Altera Corporation's Nios II family of embedded processors has been announced, by Altium. Altium's TASKING VX-toolset for the Nios II embedded processor operates seamlessly within the Nios II Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and acts as a 'drop in' replacement to Altera's standard GNU C compiler (GCC) to deliver significantly enhanced code optimization options for developers and produce faster and smaller applications, says the company.
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Altera's New $150 Cyclone II Starter Kit Enables Quick and Easy Low-Cost FPGA Design
FPGA design just got easier with the introduction of the new low-cost Cyclone® II FPGA Starter Kit from Altera Corporation. Priced to attract a wide range of FPGA users, including designers with no previous FPGA experience, the new kit features the industry's lowest cost FPGA device family, Cyclone II. The low price kit-only US $150 list price-provides design engineers with a rich set of hardware and software resources to enable the development of FPGA-based systems that target high-volume, cost-sensitive applications.
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Mentor Graphics Announces Synthesis Support for New Altera Stratix III FPGAs
Mentor Graphics® Corporation, (NASDAQ: MENT), today announced that its suite of advanced synthesis products supports the newly introduced Stratix® III field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Altera Corporation. Both companies have been in close cooperation to ensure Precision® Synthesis support for the full range of Stratix III devices. Beta support for the family is available now, with production support available with the production release of Altera’s Quartus® II design software version 6.1.
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Altera Announces Quartus II Design Software Version 7.0 With Support for Cyclone III FPGAs
Altera Corporation
(Nasdaq: ALTR) introduced Quartus(R) II software version 7.0 with support for the entire 65-nm Cyclone(R) III FPGA family in both its Subscription Edition and free Web Edition. The Cyclone III support within Web Edition marks the highest device density available within any FPGA vendor's free software package. The advanced technology and productivity features in Quartus II software allow designers to exploit the full
potential of the Cyclone III family and achieve 50 percent lower power consumption, compared to the previous generation family, and three speed grades faster than the nearest low-cost FPGA competitor.
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Mentor Graphics Announces Synthesis Support for New Altera Cyclone III FPGAs
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) announced that its suite of advanced synthesis products supports the newly introduced Cyclone® III field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Altera Corporation. Both companies have been in close cooperation to ensure Precision® Synthesis support for the full range of Cyclone III devices. Beta support for the new family is currently available in Precision Synthesis, with production support scheduled for release in April.
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