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14 years ago

What exactly does EPCS and EPCQ stand for on Altera devices

I understand that it is something serially programmed when the FPGA is being configured, but what exactly does the acronym stand for and why is it essential in configuring the FPGA?

crclayton

New Contributor

2 years ago

Confirmed here: Quartus Prime Pro Edition Help version 17.1 - Pages (intel.com)

> The EPC4, EPC8, EPC16, as well as all erasable programmable configurable serial (EPCS) and CFI configuration devices can store up to eight different configuration bitstreams in flash memory, called pages

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What exactly does EPCS and EPCQ stand for on Altera devices

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