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16 years ago

Reduced power supplies for Cyclone IV

Hi, as listed on the website, Cyclone IV devices shall need less power supplies than former devices to reduce costs ".. All Cyclone IV FPGAs require only two power supplies for operation, sim...
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16 years ago

The statement doesn't say less supply voltages than Cyclone III. It makes only sense for a 2.5/1.2 V design, which is possible with Cyclone III as well. The problem is however, that Altera doesn't supply AS devices for 2.5V supply up to now, so the statement is only halfway true.

At first look, the Cyclone IV E doesn't bring essential changes compared to Cyclone III, possibly power reduction. I didn't yet hear about prices.