Stackable, Multi-FPGA Solution
The Polaris Multi-FPGA Prototyping board solution can accommodate up to 30M gate designs on a single board. The board can be used stand alone as an high-performance prototyping Appliance or in any host that has a PCI Express x8 slot via a PCI Express extender.
Configuration
The Polaris Multi-FPGA board S4-Logic-V28S has a nominal design capacity to accommodate up to 30 Million, 2-input NAND gate equivalent ASIC/SOC designs.
System Block Diagram
System Resources
The IRIS Logic board provides 5 HSMC connectors that can be configured as single ended, SERDES or LVDS pairs as per Altera HSMC specification. The Logic board offers the following resources:
- 3 single ended global clocks (2 inputs, 1 on board oscillator)
- 2 single ended global clock outputs (can be driven from FPGA or forwarded clocks)
- 5 HSMC connectors – 4 type II connectors with 50, 1.65 Gbps LVDS pairs or 114 single-ended; and 1 type III universal (SERDES + LVDS), 124Gbps connectors
- 2 Differential clock outputs, 2 differential clock inputs per HSMC
- 1 Single ended clock input and 1 single ended clock output per HSMC
- 1 reset input per system
- 2 single port, synchronous 32Mb SRAM
- 8GB of DDR3
- The boards are stackable to expand capacity
The following is included in the Logic board purchase:
- One year Time-based-license (TBL) of Altera Quartus II Fixed node, subscription edition (includes IP Base Suite and DSP Builder)
- USB Blaster Cable
The Logic board can be factory pre-configured with required daughter cards (Video, RF, I/O, Memory, USB, 10GigE, 10G FC, OC192, etc.) as a development kit. Please contact sales for details.
All Polaris products come with a 90-day product support and warranty. All Polaris products are protected by design and utility patents pending and issued.

