Introduction

HardCopy® Stratix® structured ASICs, Altera’s second-generation HardCopy structured ASICs, are low-cost, high-performance devices with the same architecture as the high-density Stratix FPGAs. The combination of Stratix FPGAs for prototyping and design verification, HardCopy Stratix devices for high-volume production, and the Quartus® II design software beginning with version 3.0, provide a complete and powerful alternative to ASIC design and development.