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101 Innovation DriveSan Jose, CA 95134www.altera.com PowerPlay Early Power Estimator User GuideFor Arria GX FPGAsDocument Version: 1.1Document Date: M

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2–4 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008Entering Information into the PowerPlay Early Power Estimator5. Afte

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2–6 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008Entering Information into the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorImporti

Altera Corporation 3–1May 2008 PreliminaryChapter 3. Using thePowerPlay Early PowerEstimatorIntroductionThe PowerPlay Early Power Estimator spread

3–2 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsTable 3–1 describes the value

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3–4 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsFigure 3–1 shows the Main sec

Altera Corporation 3–5May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorFigure 3–1. PowerPlay Ear

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3–6 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsTable 3–2 describes the value

Altera Corporation 3–7May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorFigure 3–2. TFF ExampleRo

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Altera Corporation 3–9May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorRAM BlocksThe Arria GX Tr

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3–12 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsFigure 3–5 shows the RAM Sum

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Altera Corporation 3–15May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorFigure 3–7. DSP Section

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3–16 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsFigure 3–8. I/O Power Repres

Altera Corporation 3–17May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorTable 3–5 describes the

3–18 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsTable 3–6 describes the I/O

Altera Corporation 3–19May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorOE % Enter the average p

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3–22 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsFigure 3–13. I/O Section in

Altera Corporation 3–23May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorTable 3–7 describes the

3–24 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsPhase-Locked Loops (PLLs)Arr

Altera Corporation 3–25May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorFigure 3–15 shows the PL

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3–26 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsFigure 3–17. PLL Section in

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3–28 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008PowerPlay Early Power Estimator InputsFigure 3–19. Clocks Section

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Altera Corporation 3–31May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorPower AnalysisThe Main s

3–32 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008Power AnalysisFigure 3–22 shows the total thermal power in Watts a

Altera Corporation 3–33May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorThermal AnalysisYou can

3–34 Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAs May 2008Power AnalysisFigure 3–23. Thermal Representation without Heat Sin

Altera Corporation 3–35May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorFigure 3–25. Thermal Rep

Altera Corporation vPreliminaryAbout this User GuideRevision HistoryThe table below displays the revision history for the chapters in this User Gui

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Altera Corporation 3–43May 2008 PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsUsing the PowerPlay Early Power EstimatorFigure 3–34. Temperature

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vi Altera CorporationPowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Arria GX FPGAsPreliminaryTypographic ConventionsItalic type Internal timing parameters and

Altera Corporation 1–1May 2008 PreliminaryChapter 1. About thePowerPlay Early PowerEstimatorRelease InformationTable 1–1 provides information on t

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Altera Corporation 2–1May 2008 PreliminaryChapter 2. Setting UpPowerPlay Early PowerEstimatorSystem RequirementsThe PowerPlay Early Power Estimato