1. Cyclone IV FPGA Device Family Overview March 2016 CYIV-51001-2.0 CYIV-51001-2.0 Alteras new Cyclone IV FPGA device family extends the Cyclone FPGA series leadership in providing the markets lowest-cost, lowest-power FPGAs, now with a transceiver variant. Cyclone IV devices are targeted to high-volume, cost-sensitive applications, enabling system designers to meet increasing bandwidth requirements while lowering costs. Built on an optimized low-power process, the Cyclone IV device family offers the following two variants: Cyclone IV Elowest power, high functionality with the lowest cost Cyclone IV GXlowest power and lowest cost FPGAs with 3.125 Gbps transceivers 1 Cyclone IV E devices are offered in core voltage of 1.0 V and 1.2 V. f For more information, refer to the Power Requirements for Cyclone IV Devices chapter. Providing power and cost savings without sacrificing performance, along with a low-cost integrated transceiver option, Cyclone IV devices are ideal for low-cost, small-form-factor applications in the wireless, wireline, broadcast, industrial, consumer, and communications industries. Cyclone IV Device Family Features The Cyclone IV device family offers the following features: Low-cost, low-power FPGA fabric: 6K to 150K logic elements Up to 6.3 Mb of embedded memory Up to 360 18 18 multipliers for DSP processing intensive applications Protocol bridging applications for under 1.5 W total power 2016 Altera Corporation. All rights reserved. ALTERA, ARRIA, CYCLONE, HARDCOPY, MAX, MEGACORE, NIOS, QUARTUS and STRATIX words and logos are trademarks of Altera Corporation and registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. All other words and logos identified as ISO trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective holders as described at www.altera.com/common/legal.html. Altera warrants performance of its 9001:2008 semiconductor products to current specifications in accordance with Altera s standard warranty, but reserves the right to make changes to any products and Registered services at any time without notice. Altera assumes no responsibility or liability arising out of the application or use of any information, product, or service described herein except as expressly agreed to in writing by Altera. Altera customers are advised to obtain the latest version of device specifications before relying on any published information and before placing orders for products or services. Cyclone IV Device Handbook, Volume 1 March 2016 Feedback Subscribe12 Chapter 1: Cyclone IV FPGA Device Family Overview Cyclone IV Device Family Features Cyclone IV GX devices offer up to eight high-speed transceivers that provide: Data rates up to 3.125 Gbps 8B/10B encoder/decoder 8-bit or 10-bit physical media attachment (PMA) to physical coding sublayer (PCS) interface Byte serializer/deserializer (SERDES) Word aligner Rate matching FIFO TX bit slipper for Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) Electrical idle Dynamic channel reconfiguration allowing you to change data rates and protocols on-the-fly Static equalization and pre-emphasis for superior signal integrity 150 mW per channel power consumption Flexible clocking structure to support multiple protocols in a single transceiver block Cyclone IV GX devices offer dedicated hard IP for PCI Express (PIPE) (PCIe) Gen 1: 1, 2, and 4 lane configurations End-point and root-port configurations Up to 256-byte payload One virtual channel 2 KB retry buffer 4 KB receiver (Rx) buffer Cyclone IV GX devices offer a wide range of protocol support: PCIe (PIPE) Gen 1 1, 2, and 4 (2.5 Gbps) Gigabit Ethernet (1.25 Gbps) CPRI (up to 3.072 Gbps) XAUI (3.125 Gbps) Triple rate serial digital interface (SDI) (up to 2.97 Gbps) Serial RapidIO (3.125 Gbps) Basic mode (up to 3.125 Gbps) V-by-One (up to 3.0 Gbps) DisplayPort (2.7 Gbps) Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) (up to 3.0 Gbps) OBSAI (up to 3.072 Gbps) Cyclone IV Device Handbook, March 2016 Altera Corporation Volume 1