Stratix II devices, Altera's next-generation high-density FPGAs, are based on the award-winning Stratix device architecture. Stratix II devices provide new and enhanced features that significantly improve device performance and resource utilization.

White Paper Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices Introduction Stratix® II devices, Altera's next-generation high-density FPGAs, are based on the award-winning Stratix device architecture. Building on the innovations that made Stratix FPGAs an instant success, Stratix II devices provide new and enhanced features that significantly improve device performance and resource utilization. This white paper explains the differences between Stratix II and Stratix features. For detailed descriptions of each feature, see the Stratix II Device Handbook, Stratix Device Handbook, and related documentation at www.altera.com/literature. Features Table 1 compares the features offered by the Stratix II and Stratix architectures. Table 1. Stratix II & Stratix Features Comparison Features Stratix II Stratix Process 90-nm, all layer copper SRAM process 0.13-µm, all layer copper SRAM process VCCINT 1.2 V 1.5 V VCCPD Used to power the 3.3-V/2.5-V buffer N/A available on the configuration input pins and JTAG pins ALMs 6,240 to 71,760 LEs 15,600 to 179,400 (1) 10,570 to 79,040 Maximum RAM bits 9,383,040 7,427,520 TriMatrix™ memory blocks Yes Yes High-speed DSP blocks Yes Yes Q1.15 format rounding and saturation support Yes N/A N/A Global clock networks Up to 16 Up to 16 Regional clock networks Up to 32 Up to 16 Fast clock networks N/A Up to 8 PLLs Up to 12 Up to 12 High-speed differential I/O support Up to 152 channels with DPA circuitry for 1-Gbps performance Up to 116 channels with 80 channels optimized for 840-Mbps performance High-speed networking and RapidIO™, UTOPIA IV, NPSI, communications bus standards support HyperTransport™ technology, 10G Ethernet XSBI, SPI-4 Phase 2 (POS-PHY Level 4), and SFI-4 RapidIO, UTOPIA IV, CSIX, HyperTransport technology, 10G Ethernet XSBI, SPI-4 Phase 2 (POS-PHY Level 4) and SFI-4 High-speed external memory support DDR and DDR2 SDRAM, RLDRAM II, QDRII DDR and DDR2 SDRAM, RLDRAM II, QDR SRAM, and SDR SDRAM and QDRII SRAM, SDR SDRAM, and ZBT SRAM Design security using configuration bitstream encryption Yes. Using the AES algorithm Remote configuration upgrade support Yes N/A Yes Note to Table 1: (1) Density expressed as equivalent LEs. One ALM provides the logic capacity of 2.5 four-input look-up table (LUT)-based LEs. Logic Array Blocks Stratix II and Stratix devices feature a similar logic array block (LAB) architecture. However, Stratix II LABs are built from different building blocks. Each Stratix II LAB consists of eight adaptive logic modules (ALMs), equivalent WP-STXIIARDF-1.1 January 2006, ver. 1.1 1 Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices Altera Corporation to 20 logic elements (LEs), while each Stratix LAB contains 10 LEs. Table 2 compares the elements found in Stratix II and Stratix LABs. Table 2. Stratix II & Stratix LAB Elements Comparison LAB Elements Stratix II Stratix 8 ALMs; equivalent to 20 LEs 10 LEs LE carry chain Yes Yes LAB control signals Yes Yes Local interconnect Yes Yes Register chain connection lines Yes Yes LUT chain N/A Yes Shared arithmetic chain Yes N/A Number of modules or elements in each LAB LAB Interconnect The LAB local interconnect found in both Stratix II and Stratix devices drives LEs within the same LAB. Sources for the LAB local interconnect consist of row and column interconnects as well as outputs from LEs within the same LAB. The Stratix II direct link connection allows the neighboring LABs; M512, M4K, or M RAM TriMatrix memory blocks; or digital signal processing (DSP) blocks from the left and right to drive an LAB's interconnect. Each Stratix II ALM can drive 24 other ALMs through fast local and direct link interconnects, while Stratix LEs drive 30 other LEs through the same connections. LAB Control Signals The Stratix II and Stratix LAB control signal blocks are similar, yet there are three clock signals and three clock enable signals in Stratix II devices, compared with only two of each signal in Stratix devices. With the increased number of clock and clock enable signals, there are a total of 11 LAB control signals in Stratix II devices, while Stratix devices have a total of 10. Stratix II devices do not support the add/sub control signal, while Stratix devices do. Table 3 compares the LAB control signals in Stratix II and Stratix devices. Table 3. Stratix II & Stratix LAB Control Signals Comparison LAB Control Signals Number of clock signals Number of clock enable signals Stratix II Stratix 3 (1) 2 3 2 Number of asynchronous clear signals 2 2 Number of synchronous clear signals 1 1 Number of asynchronous preset/load signals 1 1 Number of synchronous load preset/load signals 1 1 1 Number of add/sub control signals Total number of control signals 11 10 Note to Table 3: (1) The three clock signals are derived from two different sources. See the Stratix II Device Handbook for more information. Adaptive Logic Module The basic building block of logic in the Stratix II architecture, the ALM, provides faster performance and more efficient logic utilization, as compared with Stratix LEs. Table 4 compares the components of Stratix II ALMs with Stratix LEs. 2 Altera Corporation Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices Table 4. Stratix II ALMs & Stratix LEs Comparison Component Stratix II ALMs Inputs Stratix LEs Up to 8 4 Logical outputs Up to 2 combinational and 2 registered outputs 1 combinational and 1 registered output Programmable registers 2 1 Number of dedicated full adders 2 N/A Carry chain Yes Yes Shared arithmetic chain Yes N/A Register chain Yes Yes Register packing Yes Yes f For more information on the efficiencies of the Stratix II ALM and its comparison to previous architectures, see the Logic Structure Comparison between Stratix II & Virtex-Based Architectures white paper. MultiTrack Interconnect In the Stratix II and Stratix architectures, the MultiTrack™ interconnect structure connects ALMs or LEs, TriMatrix memory blocks, DSP blocks, and device I/O pins. The interconnects include row- and column based routing resources, summarized in Tables 5 and 6, respectively. R8 and C8 routing resources are not available in Stratix II devices. Table 5. Stratix II & Stratix Row-Based Routing Resources Comparison Resources Stratix II Stratix Direct Link interconnects between LABs and adjacent blocks Yes Yes R4 interconnects traversing 4 blocks to the right and left Yes Yes R8 interconnects traversing 8 blocks to the right and left N/A Yes R24 row interconnects for high-speed access across the length of the device Yes Yes Table 6. Stratix II & Stratix Column-Based Routing Resources Comparison Resources Stratix II Stratix LUT chain interconnects within an LAB N/A Yes Shared arithmetic chain interconnects within an LAB Yes N/A Register chain interconnects within an LAB Yes Yes Carry chain interconnects within an LAB and from LAB to LAB Yes Yes C4 interconnects traversing a distance of 4 blocks in up and down direction Yes Yes C8 interconnects traversing a distance of 8 blocks in up and down direction N/A Yes C16 interconnects for high-speed vertical routing through the device Yes Yes TriMatrix Memory Stratix II devices feature the TriMatrix memory architecture introduced in Stratix devices and include the following enhancements: ■ ■ ■ Byte enable Pack mode Address clock enable 3 Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices ■ Altera Corporation Register clears All Stratix II TriMatrix memory blocks support “asynchronous clear” at the output registers only. Byte Enable The byte enable feature in Stratix II and Stratix devices differs in the following ways: ■ ■ ■ All Stratix II TriMatrix memory blocks support byte enable, whereas Stratix devices support this feature in only M4K and M-RAM blocks. The Stratix II byte enable feature masks specific bytes, nibbles, and bits of data to be written, whereas in Stratix devices the feature only masks a specific byte. Stratix II devices do not have a clear port to the byte enable registers. Asserting the clear port of the byte enable registers in Stratix devices, however, drives the byte enable signal to their default high level. Stratix II devices enable byte write for various data widths, depending on memory type, as shown in Table 7. Table 7. Byte Enable Data Width for Stratix II Devices TriMatrix Memory Block Type Byte Enable Data Width M512 x1, x2, x4, x8, x9, x16, x18 M4K x1, x2, x4, x8, x9, x16, x18, x32, x36 M-RAM x8, x9, x16, x18, x32, x36 Pack Mode Stratix II devices offer pack mode support, which allows a design to implement two single-port memory blocks in a single M4K or M-RAM block under the following conditions: ■ ■ Each of the two independent block sizes is equal to or less than half of the M4K or M4K block size. Each of the single-port memory blocks is configured in single-clock mode. Address Clock Enable M4K and M-RAM memory blocks in Stratix II devices support the clock enable signal, which holds the previous address value while the signal is enabled. When the memory blocks are configured in dual-port mode, each port has an independent address clock enable. f See the Stratix II Device Handbook for more information on address clock enable functionality. Register Clears Stratix II devices support register clears at only the output registers in all TriMatrix memory blocks. Stratix M4K and M512 memory blocks, however, allow asynchronous clears on both input and output registers. Table 8 compares the register clears support in Stratix II and Stratix devices. Table 8. Stratix II & Stratix Devices Register Clears Support Comparison Memory Blocks Stratix II Stratix M512 Output registers only M4K Output registers only Input and output registers M-RAM Output registers only Output register only 4 Input and output registers Altera Corporation Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices DSP Blocks Each Stratix II device has two to four columns of DSP blocks that efficiently implement multiplication, multiply-accumulate (MAC), and multiply-add functions, representing a two to four times increase over Stratix devices in DSP bandwidth for equivalent logic densities. Stratix devices have only two columns of DSP blocks. Q1.15 Format Rounding & Saturation Support The multipliers in Stratix II devices support rounding and saturation on the Q1.15 input format. Similarly, the accumulator in Stratix II DSP blocks can be initialized to any value and supports rounding and saturation on the Q1.15 input format. This feature simplifies the porting of DSP-processor-based designs using fixed-point numbers to FPGAs. Dynamic Input Support Stratix II devices feature dynamic input support that allows designers to dynamically select whether a particular multiplier operand is fed by regular data input or by the dedicated shift register input using the sourcea and sourceb signals. A logic value 1 on the sourcea signal selects dedicated scan-chain to feed data A; a logic value 0 selects regular data input to feed data A. Adder & Output Block Both the adder and output blocks in a DSP block of Stratix II and Stratix devices can be configured as: ■ ■ ■ An accumulator that can be optionally loaded A one-level adder A two-level adder with dynamic addition/subtraction control on the first-level adder The final stage of a Stratix DSP block can be configured as a 36-bit multiplier. Apart from this mode, Stratix DSP blocks support 9x9-bit and 18x18-bit complex multiplier modes. The accumulator (a new feature in Stratix II devices) can be initialized or preloaded with a non-zero value using the accum_sload signal and the accum_sload_upper_data bus with one clock cycle latency. Preloading the accumulator is done by adding the result of the multiplier with the value specified on the accum_sload_upper_data bus. Operational Modes The DSP blocks in both Stratix II and Stratix devices can be used in any of the four basic operational modes, depending on the application requirements. Table 9 shows the operational modes and the number of multipliers that can be implemented in a single DSP block in Stratix II and Stratix devices. Table 9. DSP Block Operational Modes in Stratix II & Stratix Devices Operational Modes Simple Multiplier 9x9 18 x 18 Eight multipliers with eight product outputs Four multipliers with four product outputs 36 x 36 One multiplier Multiply Accumulator Two 34-bit multiply-accumulate blocks (1) Two 52-bit multiply-accumulator blocks - Two-Multiplier Adder Four two-multiplier adder (Two 9x9-bit complex multiplier) Two two-multiplier adder (Two 18x18-bit complex multipliers) - Four-Multiplier Adder Two four-multiplier adder One four-multiplier adder - Note to Table 9: (1) This feature is only available in Stratix devices. In addition to the operational modes shown in Table 9, Stratix II devices support mixed modes and mixed multiplier sizes in the same DSP block. For example, half of a DSP block can implement one 18x18 bit multiplier in multiply-accumulator mode, while the other half of the DSP block implements four 9x9 bit multipliers in simple multiplier mode. 5 Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices Altera Corporation PLLs The Stratix II enhanced and fast phase-locked loops (PLLs) inherit most of the features found in Stratix device PLLs, and contain additional features, including: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Counter cascading Enhanced lock detect circuit PLL reconfiguration Reconfigurable bandwidth Phase shift stepping using the PLL reconfiguration scan chain f See the Stratix II Device Handbook for more information on PLLs and clock networks. Counter Cascading The Stratix II enhanced PLLs support counter cascading of the post-scale counters to facilitate larger (>512) counter sizes. This is implemented by feeding the output of one counter into the input of the next counter in a cascade chain. When cascading counters to implement a larger division of the high-frequency VCO clock, the cascaded counters behave as one counter with the product of the individual counter high/low settings. This feature is available with enhanced PLL only. Enhanced Lock Detect Circuit The lock output indicates that the PLL has locked onto the reference clock. Without any additional circuitry, the lock signal may toggle as the PLL begins tracking the reference clock. A designer may need to gate the lock signal for use as a system control. Either a gated lock signal or an ungated lock signal from the locked port can drive the logic array or an output pin. The Stratix II PLLs include a programmable counter that holds the lock signal low for a user-selected number of input clock transitions. This allows the PLL lock signal to stabilize before enabling the lock signal. The designer can use the Quartus® II software version 4.0 and later to set the 20-bit counter value. The device resets and enables both the counter and the PLL simultaneously upon power-up and/or assertion of pllenable. Both the enhanced PLLs and fast PLLs support this feature. PLL Reconfiguration In Stratix II devices, both enhanced and fast PLLs support real-time PLL reconfiguration, while in Stratix devices, only enhanced PLLs support this feature. The PLL components that are configurable in real-time and supported in both Stratix II and Stratix devices include the following: ■ ■ ■ Pre-scale counter (N) Feedback counter and VCO phase tap selection (M, Δφ M) Post-scale output counters and VCO phase tap selection (C0-C5, Δφ C0-C5) The following real time-configurable PLL components are supported in Stratix II devices only: ■ ■ The charge pump current, loop filter components can be dynamically adjusted to facilitate on-the-fly reconfiguration of PLL bandwidth. Phase-shift stepping is supported, which allows 45° phase shift (of the VCO) stepping using the scanwrite signal. Clock Networks The Stratix II clock networks differ from Stratix clock networks in the following ways: ■ 6 Dynamic clock power down mode is supported Altera Corporation ■ ■ ■ Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices Dynamic clock source selection is supported The number of regional clocks increased to 32 (from 16 in Stratix devices) Fast clock networks are not available Dynamic Clock Power Down Mode Stratix II devices support dynamic clock network enable/disable, so that the clock networks that are not being used can easily be turned off, reducing the overall power consumption on the device. The Stratix II clock networks can be powered down by both static and dynamic approaches. When power down is enabled, all the logic fed by the clock net is in an off-state. Static Power Down The unused global and regional clock networks are automatically powered down through configuration bit settings in the configuration file. The Quartus II software handles this function. Dynamic Power Down The dynamic power down control feature is applied on GCLK and RCLK clock networks, and to pll_out pins. It allows the internal logic to control power down/up synchronously on GCLK and RCLK networks. This function is independent of the PLL and is applied directly on the clock network. Dynamic Clock Source Selection The clock source selection of Stratix II global clocks select block can be controlled either statistically or dynamically. The user has the option of statically selecting the clock source by using the Quartus II software to set specific configuration bits in the configuration file (SRAM Object File [.sof] or Programmer Object File [.pof]) or controlling the selection dynamically by using internal logic to drive the multiplexer select inputs. When selecting statically, the clock source can be set to any of the inputs to the select multiplexer. When selecting the clock source dynamically, the user can select one of the following: ■ ■ ■ ■ Between two PLL outputs (such as the C0 or C1 outputs from one PLL) Between two PLLs (such as the C0/C1 clock output of one PLL or the C0/C1 c1ock output of the other PLL) Between two clock pins (such as CLK0 or CLK1) Between a combination of clock pins or PLL outputs. For the regional clock select block, the clock source selection can only be controlled statically using configuration bits. Any of the inputs to the clock select multiplexer can be set as the clock source. I/O Capabilities The I/O capabilities of Stratix II devices are well-designed to ensure that the high performance ALMs, embedded memory, high-bandwidth DSP blocks, and extensive routing resources are fully utilized. The following features have significant differences as compared with Stratix devices: ■ ■ ■ ■ I/O standard support Programmable output drive strength for voltage-referenced I/O standards On-chip termination for the HyperTransport I/O standard External memory interface f See the Stratix II Device Handbook for more information on Stratix II I/O blocks. 7 Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices Altera Corporation I/O Standard Support Table 10 compares the I/O standards supported in Stratix II and Stratix devices. Table 10. Stratix II and Stratix I/O Standard Differences I/O Standard (1) Stratix II Stratix AGP 1x N/A Yes AGP 2x N/A Yes SSTL-3 class I N/A Yes SSTL-3 class II N/A Yes Differential SSTL-2 class I Yes (2) N/A Differential SSTL-2 class II Yes (2) (3) Differential SSTL-18 class I Yes (2) N/A Differential SSTL-18 class II Yes (2) N/A 1.8-V differential HSTL class I Yes (2) N/A 1.8-V differential HSTL class II Yes (2) N/A 1.5-V differential HSTL class I Yes (2) (4) 1.5-V differential HSTL class II Yes (2) (4) GTL N/A Yes GTL+ N/A Yes CTT N/A Yes PCML N/A Yes Notes to Table 10: (1) Only those I/O standards with differing support in Stratix II and Stratix devices are included in this table. For a full list of supported I/O standards, see the Stratix II Device Handbook and Stratix Device Handbook. (2) Supports both input and output. See the Stratix II Device Handbook for more information. (3) Available as differential SSTL-2 support on the output clock only. See the Stratix Device Handbook for more information. (4) Available as differential 1.5-V HSTL support on either input or output clock only. See the Stratix Device Handbook for more information. Programmable Drive Strengths Stratix II devices allow designers to determine the output buffer drive strengths not only for single-ended I/O standards, but also for voltage-referenced I/O standards. Table 11 summarizes the options available. Table 11. Stratix II and Stratix Programmable Drive Strengths Summary I/O Standard Stratix II Ioh/Iol Current Strength Stratix Ioh/Iol Current Strength Setting (mA) (1) Setting (mA) (1) 3.3-V LVTTL 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4 24, 16, 12, 8, 4 3.3-V LVCMOS 24, 20, 16, 12, 8, 4 24, 12, 8, 4, 2 2.5-V LVTTL/LVCMOS 16, 12, 8, 4 16, 12, 8, 2 1.8-VLVTTL/LVCMOS 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 12, 8, 2 1.5-V LVCMOS 8, 6, 4, 2 8, 4, 2 SSTL-2 class I 12, 8 N/A SSTL-2 class II 24, 20, 16 N/A SSTL-18 class I 10, 8, 6, 4 N/A SSTL-18 class II 18, 16, 8 N/A HSTL-18 class I 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 N/A HSTL-18 class II 18, 16 N/A HSTL-15 class I 12, 10, 8, 6, 4 N/A HSTL-15 class II 20, 18, 16 N/A Note to Table 11: 8 Altera Corporation (1) Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices The table shows the available settings for column I/Os only. See the Stratix II Device Handbook and Stratix Device Handbook for more information on row I/O settings. On-Chip Termination for HyperTransport I/O Standard Stratix II devices offer the 100- Ω differential HyperTransport termination resistor for HyperTransport technology using on-chip differential termination. The designer can choose to turn on this feature to reduce board space utilization. The differential termination for LVDS is supported in both Stratix II and Stratix devices. f See the Stratix II Device Handbook for more information on this feature. External Memory Interface The Stratix II external memory interface support differs from the Stratix external memory interface support in the following ways: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ A PLL output can be used as the input reference clock to the delay-locked loop (DLL). The shifted DQS signal can go into the logic array. The DLL in Stratix II devices has more phase-shift options than in Stratix devices. It also has the option to add phase offset settings. The DLL has been enhanced to offer low jitter mode. DQS logic blocks with each DQS pin helps fine tune the phase shift. The DQS delay settings can be routed from the DLL into the logic array. The designer can also bypass the DLL and send the DQS delay settings from the logic array to the DQS logic block. Stratix II devices support DQSn pins. The DQS/DQ groups now support x4, x9, x18, and x36 modes. Stratix DQS pins have been enhanced with the DQS postamble circuitry for Stratix II. f See the Stratix II Device Handbook for more information on external memory interfaces. Configuration Support Stratix II devices support the active serial (AS) configuration scheme using serial configuration devices (for example, EPCS4, EPCS16, and EPCS64 devices). Stratix II devices also offer the following features that are not supported in Stratix devices: ■ ■ Configuration data decompression to reduce configuration file storage Design security using data encryption to protect designs f See the Stratix II Device Handbook for more information on configuration support. Device Configuration Data Decompression This feature allows the compressed configuration data to be stored in configuration devices or other memory. Stratix II devices support decompression in the fast passive parallel (FPP) when using a MAX® II device/microprocessor + flash, and the AS and passive serial (PS) configuration schemes. Design Security Using Data Encryption Stratix II devices are the industry's first FPGAs with the ability to decrypt a configuration bitstream using the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm. When the design security feature is enabled, a Stratix II device must be configured with a configuration file that was encrypted using the same 128-bit security key. New Power Supply in Stratix II Devices Stratix II devices also offer a new power supply, VCCPD, which must be connected to 3.3 V to power the 3.3 V/2.5-V buffer available on the configuration input pins and JTAG pins. VCCPD applies to all the JTAG pins (TCK, TMS, TDI, TDO, and TRST) and the following configuration pins: nCONFIG, DCLK (when used as an input), nIO_PULLUP 9 Altera Corporation Architectural Differences Between Stratix II and Stratix Devices DATA[7..0], RUnLU, nCE, nCEO, nWS, nRS, CS, nCS, and CLKUSR. The VCCSEL pin allows the VCCIO setting (of the banks where the configuration inputs reside) to be independent of the voltage required by the configuration inputs. Therefore, when selecting the VCCIO, the VIL and VIH levels driven to the configuration inputs do not have to be a concern. The configuration input pins (nCONFIG, DCLK [when used as an input], nIO_PULLUP, DATA[7..0], RUnLU, nCE, nWS, nRS, CS, nCS, and CLKUSR) have a dual buffer design: a 3.3-V/2.5-V input buffer and a 1.8-V/1.5-V input buffer. The VCCSEL input pin selects which input buffer is used. The 3.3-V/2.5-V input buffer is powered by VCCPD, while the 1.8-V/1.5-V input buffer is powered by VCCIO. Conclusion FPGA performance reaches new heights with the Stratix II device family. Built on a new and innovative logic structure, Stratix II devices are the industry's fastest and highest-density FPGAs. Extending the possibilities of FPGA design, Stratix II devices allow designers to meet the high-performance requirements of today's advanced systems without having to resort to developing costly ASICs. 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