Altera Ships 64-Bit, 66-MHz PCI Development Kit

Development Kit Supports All PCI Cores from Altera and AMPPSM Partners Off-the-Shelf, Proven Hardware for Emulation and Performance Testing
 
San Jose, Calif.,December 13, 1999 -- Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) today announced the immediate availability of the FLEX® PCI Development Kit which provides a hardware/software platform and PCI demonstration design to speed Altera's programmable logic customers to market. The new 64-bit, 66-MHz compliant development board supports all of Altera's and AMPP partners' PCI megafunctions, and includes an on-board EPF10K100E programmable logic device and custom prototyping area. The FLEX PCI Development Kit comes standard with an application software program that demonstrates data transfer speeds attained through the PCI core. Also included with the kit is a demonstration programming file containing an executable Master/Target PCI core, SDRAM controller core, and source code for the control logic.

"The FLEX PCI Development Kit provides real-world, real-time execution that can save a designer substantial software simulation time," said Justin Cowling, Altera senior intellectual property marketing manager. "The kit eliminates the wait for a verified hardware environment to begin real-time software debugging, enabling co-design of hardware and software. The PCI Development Kit is an important part of Altera's PCI strategy."

PCI Demonstration Application and PCI Design

The FLEX PCI Development Kit application software offers a friendly user interface that effectively demonstrates Altera's easy-to-use PCI cores. The application shows how to test various PCI configurations and achieve maximum system performance for the example PCI design.

The source code for Windows 98/NT drivers is included in the kit. A driver evaluation package is available now from KRFTech Technology, Israel.

Availability & Pricing

Altera's FLEX PCI Development Kit is available now for $1,995. The development kit consists of the board, PCI demonstration application and design, download cable, source code for the PCI demonstration design, software drivers, and an evaluation version of a PCI driver developer's kit.

About Altera

Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company™, was founded in 1983 and is a worldwide leader in high-performance, high-density programmable logic devices and associated computer aided engineering (CAE) logic development tools. Programmable logic devices are semiconductor chips that offer on-site programmability to customers. The chips are programmed using tools that run on personal computers or engineering work stations. User benefits include ease of use, lower risk, and fast time-to-market. The company offers the broadest line of CMOS programmable logic devices that address high-speed, high-density, and low-power applications. Altera products serve a broad range of markets, including telecommunications, data communications, computer peripherals, and industrial applications. Altera common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR.