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Inside Edge
Altera's Monthly eNewsletter - June 2009
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Monthly Spotlight
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Special Offer on Nios II Embedded Kit & IP Bundles

Save $500 when you purchase a Nios(R) II Embedded Evaluation Kit or an Altera(R) Embedded Systems Development Kit, Cyclone(R) III Edition, with an Embedded IP Suite. This special offer is not available online, so order through your local distributor or Altera Telesales at 1-888-800-0631.
http://www.altera.com/products/ip/pr...-ip-suite.html

FPGAs, CPLDs & ASICs
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Download New Reference Designs for Arria II GX FPGAs

Download four new reference designs for Arria(R) II GX FPGAs to jump start your next design: PCI Express-to-DDR2 SDRAM, 10-Gigabit Ethernet, Triple-Rate SDI Loopback, and DUC and DDC Digital IF Modem for WiMAX. Arria II GX FPGAs are now shipping!
http://www.altera.com/products/devic...g-started.html

White Paper: FPGAs With Optimized >10 Gbps Transceivers

Learn about key technologies that enable Stratix(R) IV GT FPGAs, with integrated 11.3-Gbps transceivers, to support 40G/100G applications. Key technologies, including LC-based oscillators and decision-feedback equalization, as well as transceiver test results, are shown.
http://www.altera.com/literature/wp/...ansceivers.pdf


Software, Intellectual Property & Development Kits
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Purchase Quartus II Software and Get Nios II Soft Processor Free

For a limited time, get both Quartus(R) II Subscription Edition and the Nios(R) II soft processor--the industry's #1 soft processor--for $2,495. This package provides a full license for 12 IP functions, including the Nios II processor, NCO, FIR, QDR II, and DDR1/2/3 memory controllers.
http://www.altera.com/b/quartus-nios-promo.html


Technology & End Markets
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White Paper: Generate Panoramic Views by Stitching Fisheye Images

See how to use FPGAs to generate panoramic views for automotive applications. By stitching multiple fisheye images together, a complete view of a vehicle's surroundings is generated for safer vehicle control and navigation.
http://www.altera.com/literature/wp/...eye-images.pdf

White Paper: Coprocessing for Sustained Peak Performance

Explore FPGA algorithm implementations that ensure sustained performance is closer to the device's peak performance than a quad-core CPU's. This performance isn't power-hungry--even the largest FPGA's power consumption is well below datacenter power and cooling limits.
http://www.altera.com/literature/wp/...-evolution.pdf


Events & Training
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Keep Your Skills Current with Free Online Training Classes


Sharpen your competitive edge and ensure that your design skills are up-to-date with convenient, comprehensive online training courses. For example, learn the latest techniques to create, manage, and compile Quartus II projects, or accelerate Nios II software with the C2H Compiler.
http://www.altera.com/servlets/searc...rsetype=Online


Support & Literature
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From the Forum: Using Stratix II FPGA for Wireless Communication

Altera Forum user sonaiko is working on a short-range wireless system using coil-coil communication between two FPGAs, but is running into issues. Read the comments and suggestions from other Forum users, then post your own advice to gain Forum reputation today!
http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5420

Tell Us the Good, the Bad, the Ugly About the Quartus II Handbook

If you use the Quartus II Handbook, take a minute to tell us your thoughts on it. We strive to help you increase your productivity, and your feedback will help us improve our documentation. We'd love to hear from you!
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/91914/q...andbook-survey


Altera in the News
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Use FPGAs for Energy-Efficient Motor Control, Industrial Embedded Systems

Modify motor control systems and increase performance in industrial applications by using FPGAs. FPGAs can be quickly and inexpensively reconfigured for new applications while maintaining a high degree of system interoperability using Ethernet and fieldbus technologies.
http://www.industrial-embedded.com/articles/id/?3976


Most Popular News from Last Issue
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White Paper: Using FPGAs to Render Graphics and Drive LCDs

Learn to use FPGAs to add a LCD and GUI display to any embedded system. This approach is scalable and graphics can be generated by any external processor, embedded processor, or hardware graphics acceleration engine in the same FPGA.
http://www.altera.com/literature/wp/...cd-display.pdf


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