EP1SGX40CF672C7
EP1SGX40CF672C7 - Stratix GX FPGA, 41K LE, FBGA-672 | Altera
The Altera EP1SGX40CF672C7 is a high-density Stratix GX FPGA from Intel's (formerly Altera) Stratix GX family, integrating 41,250 equivalent logic elements (LEs) and high-speed serial transceivers in a 672-ball FineLine BGA package. It supports up to 3.125 Gbps transceiver performance, 14 dedicated transceivers per device, and a core supply voltage of 1.5 V, targeting communication, broadcast, and storage systems where deterministic high-bandwidth I/O is required. According to the manufacturer datasheet, the device combines a TriMatrix memory architecture (up to 3.4 Mbits of embedded RAM), DSP blocks, and embedded multipliers in a single die, eliminating external memory bottlenecks in signal-processing pipelines.
A Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) is a reconfigurable semiconductor device whose logic fabric, routing, and I/O can be programmed after manufacturing, allowing hardware engineers to implement custom digital circuits without taping out an ASIC. Within the broader semiconductor hierarchy, an FPGA sits below an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and above general-purpose microcontrollers in terms of raw parallelism and I/O flexibility. The Stratix GX family specifically extends this concept by embedding multi-gigabit transceivers (MGTs), making it a hybrid digital/RFPGA platform optimized for serial connectivity applications such as 10 Gigabit Ethernet, SONET/SDH, Serial RapidIO, and PCI Express.
Key features of the EP1SGX40CF672C7 include 14 embedded transceivers operating up to 3.125 Gbps, support for PCI Express x1/x4/x8 hard IP, 14 dedicated full-duplex clock data recovery (CDR) channels, and configurable I/O standards including LVDS, LVTTL, LVCMOS, HSTL, and SSTL. The device integrates 14 embedded multipliers (18x18), 14 DSP blocks, and a TriMatrix memory structure featuring 384 Kbits of M512 blocks, 2.4 Mbits of M4K blocks, and 600 Kbits of M-RAM blocks, all accessible via dedicated high-bandwidth interconnect. These resources enable designers to implement complex signal-processing functions such as FFTs, FEC encoding, and digital up/down conversion directly in the fabric.
Architecturally, the EP1SGX40CF672C7 uses a 1.5 V core voltage with 0.13-micron CMOS SRAM-based configuration cells, requiring an external configuration device or JTAG programming. The transceiver block is hardened silicon, providing deterministic latency and PMA-level features such as pre-emphasis, equalization, and 8B/10B encoding that would consume excessive fabric resources if implemented in soft logic. Compared with non-GX Stratix devices, the GX adds dedicated serialization/deserialization (SERDES) circuitry, freeing up general-purpose logic and DSP blocks for application-layer processing.
Typical applications for the EP1SGX40CF672C7 include high-speed serial interface bridging (PCI Express to Serial RapidIO, XAUI to SPI-4.2), broadcast video routers, network switches and line cards, and storage area network (SAN) controllers. Its combination of 3.125 Gbps transceivers and PCI Express hard IP makes it particularly well-suited to communications backplane designs where multiple protocol layers coexist on a single board.
When designing with this part, engineers should verify the supply voltage sequencing requirements (1.5 V core, 3.3 V I/O) and ensure that JTAG or EPC configuration devices are specified. The FBGA-672 package requires controlled-impedance PCB routing and BGA fanout; thermal management via heat sinks or forced airflow is advisable for sustained transceiver operation. Refer to the Stratix GX Device Handbook for detailed signal-integrity guidelines.
This page synthesizes distributor availability, parameter coverage, drop-in same-package alternatives, and design notes that supplement the manufacturer datasheet for engineers evaluating the EP1SGX40CF672C7 for new designs or legacy system support.
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