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srschiller
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3 years ago

Obsolete Altera Apex parts

I am considering the purchase of some Altera branded APEX FPGAs (EP20K400EFI672-2X) from an OEM. These parts are date coded 2020-07. Since intel acquired Altera in 2015 and these parts were obsol...
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sstrell
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3 years ago

I seriously doubt these are authentic. I'm surprised to hear Apex was officially obsoleted only in 2017 (thought it was way earlier than that). Why can't you use a MAX part instead?

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    srschiller
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    3 years ago

    It is for a drop-in replacement.

    Is it possible that leftover die were assembled by Intel using the Alterra brand?

    Thanks for responding,

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      sstrell
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      3 years ago

      Highly unlikely.