Altera leveraging 28nm high performance and low power processes
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Altera has announced its process technology strategy targeting its 28nm product range. In addition to the previously announced support for TSMC's 28nm High Performance (28HP) process technology for its high end fpga range, Altera plans to use TSMC's 28nm Low Power (28LP) process technology for use in its low cost and midrange product families.
"In today's highly fragmented markets, it is imperative we provide customers with a device that best meets their design requirements without any compromises," said Vince Hu, vice president of product and corporate marketing at Altera. "Customers need the highest performance with the highest transceiver speeds at the high end, the lowest cost at the low end, balanced performance and cost at the midrange and low power consumption everywhere. With our 28nm product portfolio Altera will deliver the broadest product offering we have provided at any previous process node in order to serve these market segments."
Altera believes the strategy will enable it to effectively serve the broadest range of applications from power sensitive applications in automotive and industrial applications to delivering the core and transceiver performance required by high end applications.
According to Altera, the 28HP process enables it to dramatically increase the capabilities of its high end fpgas by incorporating greater levels of functionality, such as 28Gbps transceivers that will drive the development of next generation 100G/400G systems. FPGAs based on the 28HP process specifically target applications that require the highest levels of performance, including high performance computing, military and wireline systems.
Engineering samples of Altera's 28nm Stratix V fpga will be available in the first quarter of 2011, with additional 28nm fpga ranges to follow.
