MAX II CPLD family reduces cost and power consumption
( 01 Sep 2004 )
Altera Corporation's MAX II device family is half the cost and consumes only one-tenth the power of previous MAX generations while maintaining the same instant-on, single-chip, non-volatile, and ease-of-use characteristics of the original MAX series. Additionally, the new family delivers a 43 increase in density and over twice the performance of prior-generation MAX CPLDs. With MAX II devices, engineers building high-volume consumer, communications, industrial, and computing designs can replace small ASICs and ASSPs which are more costly and less flexible.
The MAX II family includes four members ranging in density from 240 to 2,200 LEs. Low-cost packages are available for the MAX II devices, including 1.0mm FineLine BGA (FBGA) and 0.5mm TQFP packages. Available in full production by Q105.
