How Fast is the Fastest FPGA? Stratix III Performance Capabilities

Knowing your FPGA's performance is important in understanding the
performance of your system. Stratix III FPGAs deliver the industry’s
highest performance with a 600-MHz core and high-performance DSP and
internal memory capabilities. Stratix III FPGAs include optimized I/O
interfaces with LVDS at 1.25 Gbps, and they are the only FPGAs that
support DDR3 SDRAM memory interfaces at 400 MHz.

This net seminar discusses the 65-nm Stratix III fabric and I/O architecture, as well as the award-winning Quartus® II
software. Additionally, this net seminar highlights the relative
performance of the competing Virtex-5 FPGAs and the benchmarking
methodology used in obtaining these results.

After viewing this net seminar you will know:

• How fast Stratix III FPGAs are
• How Stratix III FPGAs and Quartus II deliver the industry's highest performance
  • Achieve faster timing closure to increase your productivity
• How Stratix III performance compares to Virtex-5
  • The expert-endorsed benchmarking methodology used to obtain these results

Who Should View

• System architects
• Embedded system design engineers
• FPGA developers
• Engineering and technical Managers

Presenter

Seyi Verma
Sr. High-End Technical Analysis Staff

Seyi Verma is the Senior High-End Technical Analysis Staff
responsible for technical product analysis, FPGA architecture and
technology solutions for Altera’s high-end FPGA product lines. Mr.
Verma has been with Altera since 1998 also held Product Engineering
positions at Altera where he was responsible for Configuration, Mercury
and Stratix series product lines. His experience covers all aspects of
programmable solutions, including FPGA testing, silicon debug,
characterization, failure analysis, software and tools. Mr. Verma holds
a BSEE from Rochester Institute of Technology, New York.