Overview
FPGAs come with different architectures and it can be confusing when comparing devices from different vendors. To provide a fair comparison, Altera performed logic density benchmarks on over 70 real customer designs. Results show that designers can fit more logic into Altera's Stratix II FPGAs than in corresponding Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs. For example:
- Stratix II EP2S60 FPGAs offer 18 percent more logic than the similarly named Virtex-4 XC4VLX60 devices, leaving more room for future design growth.
- The Stratix II EP2S180 FPGA is bigger than the XC4VLX200 FPGA. The EP2S180 device offers 5 percent more logic, 50 percent more memory, 4 times more DSP resources, and 21 percent more user I/O pins.
At the webcast, you will learn:
- How to accurately compare Stratix II and Virtex-4 logic densities
- Technical details about the benchmark methodology and how to replicate the results with your own designs
- An engineering analysis of Stratix II and Virtex-4 architectural differences
- Software settings to fit more logic into Stratix II FPGAs
Who Should Attend
- High-density FPGA designers
- ASIC prototypers and designers
- System designers
- Engineering or technical managers
Drawing
All participants who attend the webcast live and complete the post-presentation survey will be entered into a drawing for a chance to win a RCA Lyra 20 Gbit Audio/Video Jukebox (US$400 value), built with Altera devices.
Official Rules Presenter
Paul Ekas
Sr. Product Marketing Manager
Paul Ekas is the senior product marketing manager in charge of the Stratix series product line at Altera. Mr. Ekas has more than 17 years of business experience in electronic design automation and complex semiconductor systems. Prior to joining Altera, Mr. Ekas was a director of product marketing at Morphics Technology where he was responsible for the 3G WCDMA infrastructure product line. Mr. Ekas has also held sales and engineering positions at Mentor Graphics, Silicon Designs, and Seattle Silicon. He holds a BSEE and MSEE from the University of Washington.
Alexander Grbic, Ph.D.
Manager, Software and Systems Engineering, Altera Corporation
Alexander Grbic holds a Ph.D. in computer engineering from the University of Toronto. His research interests include the development of high performance computer systems, digital circuit design, as well as various aspects of FPGA architecture and computer-aided design algorithms. Dr. Grbic joined Altera in 2001 and currently leads a group of technical experts that analyze the performance of Altera's FPGAs and Quartus II design software. The results produced by the group are used in a variety of contexts, from the research aspects of new device architectures to the CAD algorithms developed by both Altera and its EDA partners.
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