The white papers shown in Table 1 are available to help you make system design decisions and evaluate the benefits of Altera's 40-nm solutions with Stratix® IV FPGAs, HardCopy® IV ASICs, and Quartus® II software.
| Table 1. Stratix IV FPGA White Papers | |
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Leveraging the 40-nm Process Node to Deliver the World's Most Advanced Custom Logic Device (PDF) | This paper discusses 40-nm process benefits over prior nodes, including the 65-nm node and the more recent 45-nm node. |
| Altera at 40 nm: Jitter-, Signal Integrity-, Power-, and Process-Optimized Transceivers (PDF) | Discusses how Altera's 40-nm transceiver innovations enable superior jitter, noise, signal integrity, and BER performance at the minimum power. |
| 40-nm Power Management and Advantages (PDF) | Learn how 40-nm benefits and Altera's patented Programmable Power Technology enable the lowest power for high-end FPGAs and HardCopy ASICs. |
| Related White Papers | |
| Increasing Productivity With Quartus II Incremental Compilation (PDF) | This paper describes how an incremental compilation flow can improve your productivity when designing for high-density, high-performance FPGAs. |
| Guidance for Accurately Benchmarking FPGAs (PDF) | This paper presents a rigorous methodology for accurately benchmarking the capabilities of an FPGA architecture. |
| Basic Principles of Signal Integrity (PDF) | Learn how to overcome signal integrity issues by following good design techniques and simple layout guidelines described in this document. |
| Performing Equivalent Timing Analysis Between Altera TimeQuest and Xilinx Trace (PDF) | This paper covers the differences in timing analysis between Altera’s TimeQuest timing analyzer and Xilinx’s Trace, and explains how to configure the tools to provide equivalent performance comparison. |
