EP2SGX60DF780C7
EP2SGX60DF780C7 - Stratix II GX 60K LE FPGA, 364 I/O, 780-BGA | Intel
The Intel (Altera) EP2SGX60DF780C7 is a member of the Stratix® II GX family of high-density, high-performance FPGAs with integrated transceivers, fabricated on a 90 nm process and housed in a 780-ball FineLine BGA (FBGA) package. The device integrates 60,440 logic elements (LEs), 3,022 logic array blocks (LABs), and 364 user I/O pins, providing the digital fabric needed for high-throughput parallel processing, custom interconnect, and protocol bridging. The C7 speed grade is the slowest commercial speed bin of the family, trading Fmax for low power and tight cost positioning, and is intended for designs where timing closure is not the dominant constraint.
An FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) is a reconfigurable integrated circuit whose logic fabric, routing, and I/O can be customized after manufacture. The Stratix II GX family belongs to the taxonomy: FPGA -> programmable logic -> digital ASIC alternative -> semiconductor. These devices sit between generic microcontrollers and fixed-function ASICs in the design hierarchy, providing ASIC-class data-path parallelism and logic density while remaining reprogrammable for design changes, field upgrades, and late-stage bug fixes. The GX suffix denotes integrated multi-gigabit transceivers, making the family especially relevant for serial-protocol-heavy designs such as PCIe, Serial RapidIO, XAUI, and custom high-speed serial links.
Key features of the EP2SGX60DF780C7 include 2,544,192 bits of embedded RAM organized in M512/M4K/M-RAM blocks, embedded DSP blocks for fixed- and floating-point arithmetic, programmable I/O standards (LVDS, LVTTL, LVCMOS, SSTL, HSTL, PCI, PCI-X) on every user pin, and on-chip PLL and clock management. The 780-pin FBGA package supports very high I/O count, enabling wide parallel buses, multiple high-speed serial links, and abundant differential pairs. The 1.15V–1.25V core supply reflects the 90 nm process node, while separate I/O banks allow 1.5V, 1.8V, 2.5V, or 3.3V interfacing on a per-bank basis.
Typical applications for this device include high-speed serial protocol bridging (PCIe endpoint / root complex, XAUI/10 GbE front-end, Serial RapidIO), DSP front-ends for telecom baseband and radar, custom packet processors in networking line cards, and prototype ASIC development. The 780-BGA package combined with 364 user I/Os also suits video broadcast, test and measurement instrumentation, and military/aerospace signal-processing cards where the C7 speed grade and high logic density are advantageous.
When designing with the EP2SGX60DF780C7, note that the C7 speed grade implies a lower Fmax than C5 or C6; reserve C7 for designs where timing margins are not the limiting factor, otherwise upgrade to a faster bin. The 780-BGA requires controlled-impedance PCB design, decoupling capacitor placement within the BGA keep-out, and a thermal solution sized to the application's ambient and airflow. The Intel Quartus II design software (legacy) is the supported toolchain; current Intel Quartus Prime does not support Stratix II, so EOL planning is critical.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in speed-grade and variant alternatives, and practical design notes for the EP2SGX60DF780C7 that are not found in the manufacturer datasheet.
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