Stratix II GX EP2SGX125 Missing

Thanks Alex for your reply,

I also got the impression that this device may not exist and that maybe the unit I have here were some fakes or error label, but doing a search in the internal files of the Quartus II found some curious references.

Even not being available in the Quartus II GUI, the file "ddb_stratixiigx_info_j.ddb" contained in the "\ common \ devinfo \ stratixiigx \" there is a part that mentions this device:

part EP2SGX125GF1508C4

# ### (User name - EP2SGX125GF1508C4)

DEVICE = STRATIXIIGX5_V1

FAMILY = STRATIXIIGX

NUM_OF_IO = 698

NUM_OF_LCELLS = 100464

PACKAGE = FBGA

PIN_COUNT = 1508

POWER_MODEL_STATUS = FINAL

SPEED_GRADE = 4

TEMPERATURE_GRADE = COMMERCIAL

# ## TRAITS = NOT_LISTED

TRAITS = FINAL_TIMING_MODEL

DEV_RESOURCES = {

"LEs" = 100464

"ALUTs" = 100464

"Pins" = 1508

"Memory bits" = 6669504

"DSP" = 60

"Embedded multiplier 9-bit elements" = 480

"PLL" = 8

"DLL" = 2

"SERDES transmitters" = 66

"SERDES receivers" = 70

"GXB transmitter channels" = 20

"GXB receiver channels" = 20

"Global clocks" = 16

"User I/Os" = 807

}

end

As we can imagine, it seems next to EP2SGX130 but slightly less resources.

So I decided to try something. I created a new project for EP2SGX130 and before inserting any element I closed the project and changed the file "t1.qsf" which contained the line "set_global_assignment-name DEVICE EP2SGX130GF1508C4" and modified to "set_global_assignment-name DEVICE EP2SGX125GF1508C4". Surprisingly when I opened the project, no error was displayed and I could add components, assign pins and compile apparently without problems.

Anyway there is still the question: if maybe this device actually exists, why it was removed from the Quartus II interface?

Regards,

Ricardo