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| "HardCopy
Devices: The High-Volume Production Solution" |
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Today's product development teams
face uncertainty, development costs, resources issues,
time-to-market pressures, and conversion risks when
considering migration from a high-density programmable
logic device (PLD) to an ASIC. Altera offers a new
solution: HardCopy™ devices.
HardCopy devices provide a low-risk, cost-effective,
time-saving alternative to ASICs for high-volume production.
Through a combination of proprietary silicon design
and an automated conversion process, Altera helps
customers move seamlessly from a programmable solution
to a low-cost, custom implementation of their designs.
Using competitively priced HardCopy devices, product
development teams can enjoy the benefits of a shorter
development time than is needed with ASICs, enter
the market earlier, and expedite production.
Essentially, HardCopy devices are an exact reproduction
of the PLD of choice with the programmability removed
and the customer-specific configuration and routing
implemented with metal interconnect. The result is
a much smaller and more cost-effective device.
HardCopy devices support Altera's high-density devices,
as described in the HardCopy Overview page, and are
ideal for customers who seek a low-risk cost reduction
path to volume production from high-density PLDs.
Using HardCopy devices saves money, time, and resources,
all with no risk. Together, these advantages result
in a significant reduction to the cost of ownership
that no ASIC conversion can match.
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| Altera provides a wide range of intellectual
property (IP) megafunctions for HardCopy devices,
including peripheral component interconnect (PCI),
digital signal processing (DSP), and networking functions.
In addition, Altera will convert MegaCore® functions
and megafunctions from AMPPSM partners to HardCopy
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Logic
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