Abstract:

The Cyclone® III FPGA family offered by Altera® is a cost-optimized, memory-rich FPGA family. Cyclone III FPGAs are built on TSMC's 65-nm ow-power (LP) process technology with additional silicon optimizations and software features to minimize power consumption. With this third generation in the Cyclone series, Altera broadens the number of high volume, cost-sensitive applications that can benefit from FPGAs. With good design practice and clear understanding of the design flow with the Cyclone III device, your design flow will be much easier. This design guideline summarizes not only various aspects of the Cyclone III device, but also the Quartus® II software features you should look into when designing with Cyclone III devices.