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Altera University Program Professor Workshop: Kevin Nam
Altera University Program Professor Workshop: Kevin Nam
Professor Workshop
Kevin Nam
About the Presenter (me)
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About the University Program Staff
Members:
Prof. Stephen Brown
Prof. Zvonko Vranesic
Aja Canyon
Blair Fort
Nick Chin
Kevin Nam
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Why Teach Students about FPGAs?
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Why Teach Students about FPGAs?
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About Altera Corporation
Altera Highlights
Founded in 1983
High-growth semiconductor company
Products include
FPGAs
structured ASICs
embedded soft processors
design software
IP
development kits
3,100 employees
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Altera Products
FPGAs:
Cyclone series: low cost, high performance
Arria series: Mid range, transceivers
Stratix series: largest, full featured, highest performance
Stratix 10
2X core performance
Intel’s 14nm Tri-Gate process
64-bit quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
Design Support:
Quartus II: easy to use, complete CAD flow
Qsys System Integration tool
Development environment for embedded systems
Nios II: embedded processor, ARM processor
Embedded Design Suite: Nios II and ARM
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Altera R&D Sites
Toronto, Canada
•New Device Architectures
•CAD Algorithms St. John’s,
Herlev, Denmark
•IP Canada
•University Program
High Wycombe, UK
Penang, Malaysia
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Altera University Program
Overview
Altera’s University Program Advantage
Lab exercises
Written by experienced Professors
Digital Logic, Computer Organization, Embedded Systems
Design examples
I.P. cores for all of the peripherals on our teaching boards
Prebuilt Nios II and ARM computer systems for use in courses
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DE1-SoC
$175 USD
Cyclone V SoC FPGA
FPGA
85K Programmable Logic Elements
64 MB SDRAM
DVD-quality audio in/out, Video in/VGA out
PS/2, IrDA
4 debounced pushbuttons, 10 slider switches, 10 red LEDs, six 7-segment displays
Expansion headers
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DE-series Design Objective
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Research Platform: DE5-Net (Stratix V)
RJ45
Flash
SFP+ x4
QDR II+ SRAM
PCI Express x8
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Getting Started with the U.P.
(We also offer grants of FPGA chips for teaching & research projects)
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Altera U.P. Web Site
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Over 1,500 Universities with Altera Labs
Canada
• 50 Labs Europe
• 500 Labs
United States
• 450 Labs
East Asia
• 500 Labs
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