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12 years ago

choosing a FPGA from 28 nm technology

Hello, I am doing ECE final year and doing my project about Altera and Xilinx FPGAs in 28 nm technology. I was suppose to choose one device from each company regarding its performance (cost,pow...
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12 years ago

For your project, a cyclone would be more than adequate. As you increase the families Cyclone -> Arria -> Stratix the main things you pay for are extra IOs and better transceivers. The technology between the families is otherwise pretty similar.

If all you are doing is a multiplier, then go as cheap as possible.