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High Speed Interface Solutions
Transceiver Portfolio
Altera is a pioneer and leader in integrating transceivers into FPGAs. In 2001, we introduced our first FPGA
family with integrated transceivers. Since then, we've introduced many innovations to make transceivers
run faster, operate more reliably, and support emerging protocols with each generation of FPGAs and
ASICs. With a top-notch, in-house transceiver design team, we're equipped to continue tailoring
transceivers for specific applications.
At 28 nm, our latest transceiver-related
innovations include:
• Technology for 12.5-Gbps and 28-Gbps
transceivers
• Support for driving optical modules
directly with built-in:
 Electronic dispersion
compensation (EDC)
 LC- (inductor-capacitor) based
phase-locked loops (PLLs) for ultra
low jitter
• Support for driving 10G backplanes
directly with:
 Transmitter pre-emphasis
 Receiver 5-tap distributed
feedback equalizer (DFE)
 Receiver 4-stage continuous time
linear equalization (CTLE)
 Plug & Play Signal Integrity with
adaptive dispersion compensation
engine (ADCE)
• Full-featured physical coding sub-layer
(PCS) including:
 8b/10b encoder/decoder
 64/66 encoder/decoder
 Gearbox
 Channel bonding
• Support for PCI Express Gen1/2/3 and
FPGA configuration through PCI
Express
• Support for 40G and 100G data path
• On-chip instrumentation with EyeQ
horizontal and vertical data eye
monitor
• Dynamic and fine-grained partial
reconfiguration
• Extensive intellectual property (IP)
library of industry-standard
transceiver protocols
Altera provides a broad portfolio of FPGAs and
ASICs with integrated transceivers to address
bandwidth needs from consumer to wireline
applications. Within this portfolio, you'll
discover a diverse mix of FPGAs and ASICs with
as many as 66 28-Gbps backplane transceiver
channels in Stratix
®
V GT FPGAs to as few as
two 3.125-Gbps transceiver channels in
Cyclone
®
IV GX FPGAs to fit your system needs.
See the table above for more details about our
wide breadth of FPGAs and ASICs with
integrated transceivers.
The portfolio also offers the productivity
advantage of the comprehensive Quartus® II
Device
Maximum
Number of
Channels
Maximum
Data Rate
(Gbps)
Backplane
Support
Optical
Module
Support
Stratix V GT
(28 nm)
66 12.5 Yes Yes
Stratix V GX
(28 nm)
66 8.5 Yes Yes
Stratix IV GT
(40 nm)
48 11.3 Yes Yes
Stratix IV GX
(40 nm)
48 8.5 Yes Yes
HardCopy
®
IV
GX
(40 nm)
36 6.5 Yes Yes
Arria
®
II GZ
(40 nm)
24 6.375 Yes Yes
Arria II GX
(40 nm)
16 6.375 - -
Cyclone IV GX
(60 nm)
8 3.125 - -