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Altera, TI to Deliver PCI Express Solution
Written by Tracy Heffner
Monday, 08 August 2005
SAN JOSE – Altera Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. have partnered to develop a PCI-SIG compliant, low-cost PCI Express solution using Altera's Cyclone II FPGAs and the latest generation TI x1 physical layer (PHY) chip. The partnership reportedly addresses the need for a programmable, low-cost, fully compliant reference design for embedded systems bridging from legacy interfaces.
"Altera is a strong partner for PCI Express technology. Our PCI-SIG-compliant PCI Express solution, which includes Altera's low-cost Cyclone II FPGA and TI's PHY technology, will significantly reduce cost and risk to our customers," said Dusty Russell, general manager for TI's interface business unit. The TI and Altera solution allegedly allows designers to choose from different flexible TI PHY interfaces connecting to the Cyclone II FPGA. It also addresses emerging embedded PCI Express applications, including PC peripheral cards, video and image processing equipment and networking equipment. Customers use Cyclone II FPGAs for developing lower-cost high-volume products, such as DVD players, camcorders, displays, TV sets and other consumer electronic devices.
"TI has a successful track record of delivering best-in-class transceiver technology that meets the performance, compliance and cost requirements for engineers using PCI Express," said Don Faria, Altera's senior vice president, business units.
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