HC4GX15 Datasheet, PDF (13/668 Pages) Altera Corporation – HardCopy IV Device Handbook

Chapter 1: HardCopy IV Device Family Overview
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Features
■ Internal memory
■ TriMatrix memory, consisting of three RAM block sizes to implement true
dual-port memory and first-in first-out (FIFO) buffers
■ Up to 20, 736 Kbits RAM in embedded RAM blocks (including parity bits)
■ Memory logic array blocks (MLAB) implemented in HCell logic fabric
■ Clock resources PLLs
■ Up to 16 global clocks, 88 regional clocks, and 88 peripheral clocks per device
■ Clock control block supporting dynamic clock network enable/disable and
dynamic global clock network source selection
■ Up to 12 PLLs per device supporting PLL reconfiguration, clock switchover,
programmable bandwidth, clock synthesis, and dynamic phase shifting
■ I/O standards, external memory interface, and intellectual property (IP)
■ Support for numerous single-ended and differential I/O standards, such as
LVTTL, LVCMOS, PCI, PCI-X, SSTL, HSTL, and LVDS
■ High-speed differential I/O support with serializer/deserializer (SERDES) and
dynamic phase alignment (DPA) circuitry for 1.25 Gbps performance
■ Support for high-speed networking and communications bus standards,
including SPI-4.2, SFI-4, SGMII, Utopia IV, 10 Gigabit Ethernet XSLI,
Rapid I/O, and NPSI
■ Memory interface support with dedicated DQS logic on all I/O banks
■ Dynamic On-Chip Termination (OCT) with auto-calibration support on all I/O
banks
■ Support for high-speed external memory interfaces, including DDR, DDR2,
DDR3 SDRAM, RLDRAM II, QDR II, and QDR II+ SRAM on up to 20 modular
I/O banks
■ Support for multiple intellectual property megafunctions from Altera
MegaCore^® functions and Altera Megafunction Partners Program (AMPP^SM)
■ Nios^® II embedded processor support
■ JTAG—IEEE 1149.1 boundary scan testing (BST) support
■ Packaging
■ Pin-compatible with Stratix IV FPGA prototypes
■ Up to 880 user I/O pins available
■ Flip chip, space-saving FineLine BGA packages available (Table 1–5)
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HardCopy IV Device Handbook, Volume 1