Cyclone II
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Cyclone II is a family of Altera (now Intel) FPGA devices designed as a successor to the original Cyclone series, offering higher performance and greater logic density for cost-sensitive applications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cyclone II canonical | 2 |
| Cyclone FPGA family | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7388023 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyclone II Context triple: [Cyclone, familyMember, Cyclone II]
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A.
Stratix
Stratix is a high-performance family of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) designed by Altera (now part of Intel) for demanding digital logic and signal processing applications.
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3.7L Cyclone V6
The 3.7L Cyclone V6 is a naturally aspirated Ford V6 engine known for its use in modern Mustangs and other Ford vehicles, offering a balance of performance, efficiency, and reliability.
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C.
Altera
Altera is a semiconductor company best known for its programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and related design tools, now operating as a subsidiary of Intel.
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D.
Intel Quark
Intel Quark is a family of low-power, small-core microprocessors designed by Intel primarily for embedded systems and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
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E.
Crusoe microprocessor
The Crusoe microprocessor is a low-power, x86-compatible CPU line from Transmeta that used code-morphing software to translate x86 instructions to an underlying VLIW architecture, targeting laptops and mobile devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyclone II Target entity description: Cyclone II is a family of Altera (now Intel) FPGA devices designed as a successor to the original Cyclone series, offering higher performance and greater logic density for cost-sensitive applications.
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A.
Stratix
Stratix is a high-performance family of field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) designed by Altera (now part of Intel) for demanding digital logic and signal processing applications.
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B.
3.7L Cyclone V6
The 3.7L Cyclone V6 is a naturally aspirated Ford V6 engine known for its use in modern Mustangs and other Ford vehicles, offering a balance of performance, efficiency, and reliability.
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C.
Altera
Altera is a semiconductor company best known for its programmable logic devices (FPGAs) and related design tools, now operating as a subsidiary of Intel.
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D.
Intel Quark
Intel Quark is a family of low-power, small-core microprocessors designed by Intel primarily for embedded systems and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
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E.
Crusoe microprocessor
The Crusoe microprocessor is a low-power, x86-compatible CPU line from Transmeta that used code-morphing software to translate x86 instructions to an underlying VLIW architecture, targeting laptops and mobile devices.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
FPGA family
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programmable logic device family ⓘ |
| configurationInterface |
JTAG
NERFINISHED
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parallel configuration interface ⓘ serial configuration device ⓘ |
| configurationMethod | SRAM-based configuration ⓘ |
| designedFor |
cost-sensitive applications
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high-volume applications ⓘ |
| documentation | Cyclone II Device Handbook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyMemberOf | Intel FPGA portfolio ⓘ |
| feature |
greater logic density than original Cyclone family
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higher performance than original Cyclone family ⓘ low cost ⓘ low power consumption ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
dedicated carry chains
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embedded RAM blocks ⓘ global clock networks ⓘ hardware multipliers ⓘ |
| hasPackageOptions |
BGA packages
ⓘ
QFP packages ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Altera NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| logicType | SRAM-based FPGA ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Altera
NERFINISHED
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Intel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketPosition | low-cost FPGA ⓘ |
| optimizationTarget |
cost per logic element
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logic density ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Intel Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Cyclone FPGA series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorOf | Cyclone III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorOf | Cyclone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
DSP functionality
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LVDS I/O standards ⓘ Nios II soft processor NERFINISHED ⓘ embedded memory blocks ⓘ embedded multipliers ⓘ on-chip PLL clock management ⓘ phase-locked loops (PLLs) ⓘ various single-ended I/O standards ⓘ |
| technologyNode | 90 nm CMOS ⓘ |
| toolchain | Quartus II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| useCase |
automotive systems
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communications equipment ⓘ consumer electronics ⓘ embedded processing ⓘ industrial control ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cyclone II Description of subject: Cyclone II is a family of Altera (now Intel) FPGA devices designed as a successor to the original Cyclone series, offering higher performance and greater logic density for cost-sensitive applications.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Altera Corporation
this entity surface form:
Cyclone FPGA family