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News Release from: Altera Europe | Subject: Military temperature grade for Stratix II FPGAs
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 29 March 2007
FPGAs in military grade packages
Military temperature grade qualifications are available for all package options in the 90nm Stratix II FPGA device family.
Altera Corporation has announced military temperature grade qualification for all package options of its 90nm, high-performance Stratix II FPGA device family Altera qualifies Stratix and Stratix II devices across the commercial, industrial and military temperature ranges, and verifies that they perform within stringent specifications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Dec 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company provides military temperature range operation by extending the industrial-grade Stratix II devices to an operating range of -55 to +125C.
Using standard industrial devices for military operation enables major price and lifecycle advantages compared to dedicated military devices.
Military temperature support is offered for the EP2S15, EP2S30, EP2S60 and EP2S90 members of the Stratix II family.
"The inherent flexibility and off-the-shelf availability of FPGAs offer clear cost and time to market advantages to military applications designers", says Don Faria, Altera's Senior Vice President, business units.
"Altera offers a significant added value through our unique offering, which is specifically tailored to the military and aerospace market".
Airborne electronic warfare (EW) systems, missile and aircraft avionics and ground combat communications equipment all demand greater temperature range capabilities.
Department of Defense (DOD) supplier requirements extend beyond device feature capabilities and include extended lifecycle management, increased demonstration of quality and reliability measures, longer lead product change notice cycles and the need for increased supply chain responsiveness and responsibilities.
These and other DOD supplier requirements are only addressed by Altera's exclusive enhanced commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) approach to the military and aerospace market.
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