HC1S25 Datasheet, PDF (65/110 Pages) Altera Corporation – HardCopy Stratix Device Family

HARDCOPY_FPGA_PROTOTYPE, HardCopy Stratix and Stratix Devices
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■ Design Assistant
This feature checks your design for compliance with all HardCopy
device design rules and establishes a seamless migration path in the
quickest time.
■ HardCopy Files Wizard
This wizard allows you to deliver to Altera the design database and
all the deliverables required for migration. This feature is used for
HardCopy Stratix and HardCopy APEX devices.
The HardCopy Stratix and HardCopy APEX PowerPlay Early Power
Estimator is available on the Altera website at www.altera.com.
HARDCOPY_FPGA
_PROTOTYPE,
HardCopy Stratix
and Stratix
Devices
You must use the HARDCOPY_FPGA_PROTOTYPE virtual devices
available in the Quartus II software to target your designs to the actual
resources and package options available in the equivalent post-migration
HardCopy Stratix device. The programming file generated for the
HARDCOPY_FPGA_PROTOTYPE can be used in the corresponding
Stratix FPGA device.
The purpose of the HARDCOPY_FPGA_PROTOTYPE is to guarantee
seamless migration to HardCopy by making sure that your design only
uses resources in the FPGA that can be used in the HardCopy device after
migration. You can use the equivalent Stratix FPGAs to verify the design’s
functionality in-system, then generate the design database necessary to
migrate to a HardCopy device. This process ensures the seamless
migration of the design from a prototyping device to a production device
in high volume. It also minimizes risk, assures samples in about eight
weeks, and guarantees first-silicon success.
1 HARDCOPY_FPGA_PROTOTYPE devices are only available
for HardCopy Stratix devices and are not available for the
HardCopy II or HardCopy APEX device families.
Table 5–1 compares HARDCOPY_FPGA_PROTOTYPE devices, Stratix
devices, and HardCopy Stratix devices.
Table 5–1. Qualitative Comparison of HARDCOPY_FPGA_PROTOTYPE to Stratix and HardCopy Stratix
Devices (Part 1 of 2)
Stratix Device
FPGA
FPGA
HARDCOPY_FPGA_
PROTOTYPE Device
Virtual FPGA
Architecture identical to Stratix
FPGA
HardCopy Stratix Device
Structured ASIC
Architecture identical to Stratix
FPGA
Altera Corporation
September 2008
5–3
Preliminary