Altera HardCopy family
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The Altera HardCopy family is a line of structured ASIC devices that provide a low-cost, high-performance, and power-efficient migration path from Altera FPGAs to volume production.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Altera HardCopy | 1 |
| Altera HardCopy family canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7388103 — 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: Altera HardCopy family Context triple: [HardCopy, belongsToBrand, Altera HardCopy family]
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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.
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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C.
MAX+PLUS II
MAX+PLUS II is a legacy computer-aided design software suite from Altera used for developing, simulating, and programming programmable logic devices such as FPGAs and CPLDs.
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D.
Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor is an American technology company that designs and manufactures low-power, programmable logic devices used in a wide range of electronics and embedded systems.
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E.
CPLDs
CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices) are reconfigurable digital integrated circuits used to implement custom logic functions in hardware, often for control, glue logic, and interface applications.
- 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: Altera HardCopy family Target entity description: The Altera HardCopy family is a line of structured ASIC devices that provide a low-cost, high-performance, and power-efficient migration path from Altera FPGAs to volume production.
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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.
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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C.
MAX+PLUS II
MAX+PLUS II is a legacy computer-aided design software suite from Altera used for developing, simulating, and programming programmable logic devices such as FPGAs and CPLDs.
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D.
Lattice Semiconductor
Lattice Semiconductor is an American technology company that designs and manufactures low-power, programmable logic devices used in a wide range of electronics and embedded systems.
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E.
CPLDs
CPLDs (Complex Programmable Logic Devices) are reconfigurable digital integrated circuits used to implement custom logic functions in hardware, often for control, glue logic, and interface applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
integrated circuit product line
ⓘ
structured ASIC family ⓘ |
| advantageOverCellBasedASICs |
reduced NRE cost
ⓘ
shorter design cycle ⓘ |
| advantageOverFPGAs |
higher maximum clock frequency
ⓘ
lower per-unit cost at high volumes ⓘ lower static power ⓘ |
| associatedWithBrand |
Altera HardCopy
ⓘ
linked to:
Altera HardCopy family
|
| benefit |
higher performance compared to corresponding FPGAs
ⓘ
lower power consumption compared to FPGAs ⓘ reduced unit cost in high-volume production ⓘ shortened time-to-market ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | Altera FPGA design tools ⓘ |
| configurationType | non-volatile ⓘ |
| containsSubFamily |
HardCopy II
ⓘ
linked to:
HardCopy
HardCopy III ⓘ
linked to:
HardCopy
HardCopy IV ⓘ
linked to:
HardCopy
|
| designedFor | migration from Altera FPGAs to ASICs ⓘ |
| designFlow | FPGA-to-structured-ASIC conversion ⓘ |
| designReuse |
reuses FPGA RTL design
ⓘ
reuses FPGA timing constraints ⓘ |
| developer |
Altera Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Altera
|
| ecosystem |
Quartus II design software
ⓘ
linked to:
Quartus design software
|
| feature |
high performance
ⓘ
low-cost migration ⓘ power efficiency ⓘ |
| logicImplementation | mask-programmed metal layers ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Altera Corporation
ⓘ
linked to:
Altera
|
| marketSegment |
communications equipment
ⓘ
consumer electronics ⓘ industrial applications ⓘ military and aerospace applications ⓘ networking equipment ⓘ |
| migrationPathFrom |
Altera FPGAs
ⓘ
linked to:
Altera
|
| ownedBy |
Intel Programmable Solutions Group
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel Corporation
|
| packaging | standard ASIC packages ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Intel Corporation ⓘ |
| positioning | bridge between FPGAs and cell-based ASICs ⓘ |
| replaces | SRAM-based FPGA configuration in production ⓘ |
| targetUse | volume production ⓘ |
| technologyType | structured ASIC ⓘ |
| usesDesignSource | FPGA prototype netlist ⓘ |
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: Altera HardCopy family Description of subject: The Altera HardCopy family is a line of structured ASIC devices that provide a low-cost, high-performance, and power-efficient migration path from Altera FPGAs to volume production.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Altera HardCopy family