What configuration devices are available to support Cyclone III FPGAs?
To offer the lowest total solution cost, the Cyclone III device family is supported by a low-cost serial configuration device family. On average, these serial configuration devices are priced for volume applications as low as 10 percent of the price of the corresponding Cyclone III FPGA. Four serial configuration devices (1-Mbit, 4-Mbit, 16-Mbit, and 64-Mbit) are offered in space-saving 8-pin and 16-pin small-outline integrated circuit (SOIC) packages. Cyclone III FPGAs also support configuration using industry standard parallel flash devices from Intel without the need for an external host.
