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13 years ago

Any suggestion to replace FPGA flex 6000?

Hello I would like to replace my old fpga EPF6016TI144-3. I'd refined my research and choose the cyclone IV (EP4CE6E22I7N). The problems here, the datasheet do not provide the number of gates f...
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13 years ago

Gates are pretty meaningless now, like chipslinger says, all the LUTs have four inputs so each LUT can hold between one and several "gates". But a cyclone IV will have way more logic than a flex 6k, embedded multipliers and tons of ram.

For a straight replacement, a max V might be more appropriate.