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EP1SGX40DF1020I7N - 41,250 Logic Cells Stratix GX FPGA | Intel

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1.5 V Vdss FC-FBGA, 33 x 33 mm, 1 mm pitch Package 4385.97 MHz Speed

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Price updated: 2026-09-07

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Qty	Unit Price	Extended
1	$2850	$2,850.00
10	$2680	$26,800.00
25	$2550	$63,750.00
50	$2420	$121,000.00
100	$2290	$229,000.00

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EP1SGX40DF1020I7N Overview

The Intel EP1SGX40DF1020I7N is a high-density Stratix GX family Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) featuring 41,250 logic cells, 4,125 Configurable Logic Blocks (CLBs), and embedded high-speed transceivers, fabricated on a 130 nm CMOS process and housed in a 1020-ball FC-FBGA package with 1 mm ball pitch and 33 x 33 mm body. It operates from a nominal 1.5 V core supply (1.425 V to 1.575 V) and is specified across the commercial 0 C to 85 C temperature range, with industrial-grade variants in the same family. The device integrates dedicated serializer/deserializer (SerDes) channels and high-speed I/O supporting backplane and chip-to-chip serial interconnect at multi-gigabit data rates, making it well suited to communications and signal-processing designs that previously required discrete PHYs.

What is a Stratix GX FPGA? The Stratix GX is an FPGA product family from Altera (now Intel) that augments a general-purpose logic fabric with hard multi-gigabit transceivers and rich embedded memory. In the taxonomy of programmable logic devices, FPGAs sit alongside CPLDs as the dominant class of user-configurable silicon; within FPGAs, Stratix GX belongs to the high-end transceiver-equipped tier that preceded the Stratix II/III/IV/V generations. Compared with non-transceiver FPGAs, GX devices eliminate external PHY chips, reduce board area, and simplify timing closure for serial protocols such as PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, XAUI, and custom backplanes.

Key features include 41,250 logic cells organized as 4,125 CLBs, embedded transceiver channels capable of multi-gigabit operation, a maximum operating frequency of 4385.97 MHz per the manufacturer characterization, and configurable I/O standards supporting LVDS, LVTTL, LVCMOS, and HSTL. The device incorporates dedicated on-chip memory blocks and DSP blocks for high-throughput signal processing, plus configuration circuitry that supports both JTAG and serial/parallel configuration modes. The 1020-ball FC-FBGA package provides high-density interconnect suitable for I/O-rich designs.

The architecture combines a programmable logic fabric with hard IP blocks: transceiver macro cells, TriMatrix embedded memory, and DSP blocks. By absorbing PHY functionality into silicon, the EP1SGX40 reduces latency, jitter, and power relative to FPGA-plus-external-PHY implementations. Designers targeting this part typically leverage the Altera (Intel) Quartus II design suite for synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure.

Typical applications include communications infrastructure such as SONET/SDH line cards and backplane aggregation, serial-protocol bridging (PCI Express, Serial RapidIO, XAUI, Fibre Channel), test and measurement instrumentation with embedded signal processing, high-performance DSP front ends, and legacy networking line cards transitioning from discrete PHYs to integrated transceivers.

When designing with this device, ensure that the PCB BGA breakout accommodates 1 mm pitch balls, provide clean multi-phase power for the 1.5 V core with adequate decoupling, and verify thermal headroom against the application's continuous operating duty cycle. Designers should also validate configuration mode (JTAG, passive serial, fast passive parallel) against the production programming flow.

This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in equivalents within the Stratix GX family, and practical design notes not consolidated in the manufacturer datasheet, enabling faster selection and risk assessment for engineers evaluating transceiver-equipped FPGAs.

Drop-in alternatives for EP1SGX40DF1020I7N — same package, pin-to-pin compatible. Different-package parts requiring PCB rework are excluded.

Variants in this series

Same-series models that are drop-in compatible with EP1SGX40DF1020I7N (same form factor and footprint) — differing in Operating Temperature, Package, RoHS Status, Speed Grade, Family.

EP1S40F1020I6N

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RoHS Status: Unknown - pre-RoHS Altera-era part

Family: Stratix