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The EP2AGX190FF35C6G is a 40-nm Arria II GX field-programmable gate array (FPGA) from Intel, formerly Altera, built for designs that pair high-speed serial connectivity with a large block of programmable logic. Engineers working on wireless infrastructure, wireline networking, broadcast, and other bandwidth-heavy systems use this device when they need integrated transceivers and DSP resources on a single reconfigurable chip.
The Arria II GX family sits at the cost-optimised end of Altera's transceiver-based FPGA range, delivering serial bandwidth without the power budget of the larger Stratix devices. This part ships in a 1,152-pin FineLine BGA (FF35), a surface-mount package, and carries the G suffix for lead-free, RoHS-compliant construction. Here is what defines it.
Key Features of the EP2AGX190FF35C6G
High-speed serial transceivers
The device provides up to 16 full-duplex transceivers running at data rates up to 6.375 Gbps, supporting protocols such as PCI Express, Gigabit Ethernet, and CPRI. This suits systems that move large volumes of data between boards or across a backplane.
Large programmable logic fabric
With over 180,000 equivalent logic elements built on adaptive logic modules (ALMs), the EP2AGX190 gives designers room to implement complex control logic, protocol bridging, and custom processing in one device.
Embedded DSP and memory
Hundreds of 18 x 18 embedded multipliers and roughly 7,560 Kbits of on-chip memory handle signal-processing tasks and data buffering without external parts, which reduces board footprint and cost.
Integrated PCI Express hard IP
A dedicated PCI Express hard IP block offloads the protocol stack from the logic fabric. This frees resources and simplifies compliant Gen1 endpoint and root-port designs.
1,152-pin FineLine BGA package
The FF35 surface-mount BGA offers around 612 user I/O pins, giving designers wide, flexible interfacing for memory, sensors, and high-pin-count buses on densely populated boards.
Lead-free and RoHS compliant
The G suffix confirms Pb-free construction, so the part drops into RoHS-compliant manufacturing lines and environmentally regulated supply chains without exception.
Applications of the EP2AGX190FF35C6G
This part is typically used in:
- Wireless infrastructure and remote radio units
- Wireline and packet-switching equipment
- Broadcast and professional video processing
- High-speed serial protocol bridging
- PCI Express interface cards
- Gigabit Ethernet networking hardware
- Industrial imaging and machine vision
- Test, measurement, and instrumentation
- Military and aerospace signal processing
- Medical imaging systems
- Data acquisition and high-bandwidth backplanes