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12 years ago

which cyclone?

I am new to Altera devices. I am trying to decide between Cyclone 3, 4 and 5. But still confused. My main requirements are - Number of IOs: Same package/footprint should be available with hi...
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12 years ago

Hi,

besides Support by QuartusII seems to be dropped earlier now than in the past Releases, I do hope the availability of the Hardware will not be shortened similarly. we have to support our customer for some decades with boards and cannot redesign the board every 5 to 7 year. Currently we have Cyclone II installed and on a last time buy design we are using Flex 8K :-)

The Long time availability of devices is why I tend towards FPGA based rather µC designs and towards ALTERA