EPF10K250EFC672-3
EPF10K250EFC672-3 - 250K Gates FLEX 10KE FPGA 2.5V 672-BGA | Intel
The Intel (Altera) EPF10K250EFC672-3 is a high-density member of the FLEX 10KE family of SRAM-based, in-system programmable logic devices (PLDs), integrating up to 250,000 typical gates, 12,160 logic elements (LEs), and 655,360 bits of embedded array block (EAB) RAM in a 672-ball FineLine BGA package. It operates from a 2.5 V core supply, supports JTAG-based in-system programmability, and provides 470 user I/O pins organized across eight I/O banks.
A Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a programmable logic device whose architecture combines an array of configurable logic blocks (CLBs / LEs), programmable routing channels, and block memory resources that the user can reconfigure after PCB assembly. FPGAs occupy a tier above traditional PLDs and below ASICs in the programmable-logic hierarchy: ASIC < structured ASIC < FPGA (high-end, e.g. Stratix, Virtex) < mid-range FPGA (e.g. FLEX 10KE, Cyclone) < CPLD. The FLEX 10KE family is Altera/Intel's mid-range, 2.5 V generation introduced in the late 1990s and still used in long-life-cycle industrial, telecom, and military designs where the toolchain (MAX+PLUS II / Quartus) is well understood.
Key features of the EPF10K250EFC672-3 include 12,160 LEs, 655,360 bits of embedded memory (EABs), 392 LABs, multi-volt I/O support (1.5 V, 1.8 V, 2.5 V, 3.3 V) via bank-selectable supply rails, dedicated high-speed clock networks and phase-locked loops, JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) boundary-scan and ISP, and 470 user I/Os. The "-3" speed grade indicates the fastest commercial timing bin in the FLEX 10KE family, with internal block frequencies up to ~150 MHz in the device family.
The architecture combines Logic Array Blocks (LABs) of 8 LEs each with Embedded Array Blocks (EABs) of 2,048 bits each, giving a flexible mix of distributed LUT logic and block RAM. MultiVolt I/O allows the EPF10K250E to bridge 5.0 V, 3.3 V, 2.5 V, 1.8 V and 1.5 V logic on the same die without external level shifters - critical for legacy backplane designs where multiple supply rails coexist.
Typical applications include telecom line-card glue logic, industrial control backplanes, ASIC prototyping, military/aerospace (qualified per the -3 commercial grade), and PCI bridge/interface controllers where the high I/O count and EAB RAM are useful. Designers migrating from the FLEX 10K family gain roughly 2x density and 50% lower power from the 10KE process shrink to 0.25 µm / 2.5 V core.
When designing with this device, ensure the 672-FBGA land pattern is correctly implemented (1.0 mm pitch per the package code) and that all four JTAG pins (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO) plus the nCONFIG, nSTATUS, CONF_DONE and DCLK (or DATA, etc.) configuration pins are routed to accessible signals for in-system programming. The device is in-system reconfigurable but the configuration memory is volatile, so an external configuration PROM (EPC2, EPC8 or EPC16) is required for stand-alone boot.
This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in FLEX 10KE alternatives with shared 672-FBGA footprint, and practical design notes not found in the manufacturer datasheet.
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