High-Performance Devices Address Military Systems' Size, Weight and
Power Constraints
Altera
Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) today announced it has extended the
temperature range for selected members of its Stratix®
III FPGA family to support military applications operating in rugged
environments. Offering Stratix III FPGAs with an extended temperature
range is part of Altera's enhanced commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)
strategy, which ensures military
customers have access to the technology and economy of scale advantages
provided by commercially available products.
Components used in military applications such as radar, electronic
countermeasures and ground-combat communications equipment are required
to operate in extreme environments. Selected members of Altera's
high-performance Stratix III FPGAs support these applications by
enabling operation between -55°C to +125°C. Altera's military-grade
Stratix III FPGAs deliver a core clock performance up to 600 MHz, offer
533-MHz DDR3 DIMM support and feature up to 150K logic elements (LEs), 8
Mbits of embedded memory and up to 896 18x18 embedded multipliers.
Stratix III FPGAs also feature Altera's innovative Programmable
Power Technology, enabling customers to minimize power consumption
and maximize performance in military applications.
"Altera's enhanced COTS strategy strives to meet the DOD's mandate of
using commercially available products in military systems that meet
their reliability, risk and performance requirements," said Amr
El-Ashmawi, senior business unit manager of Altera's military/aerospace
business unit. "With our military-grade Stratix III FPGAs, Altera
delivers an FPGA solution that specifically addresses the military's
size, weight and power constraints while helping keep costs in check."
Availability
Altera's Stratix III FPGA family is currently shipping in volume,
offering broad support across commercial, industrial and military
temperature ranges. For more information on Stratix III FPGAs, contact
your local Altera® sales representative or visit www.altera.com/pr/stratix3.
A technical brief with additional information on Stratix III FPGA's
military temperature range support is found at www.altera.com/literature/tb/tb-107.pdf.
To learn more about Altera's enhanced COTS initiative or its solutions
targeting the military market, visit www.altera.com/enhanced-cots.
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