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EP2SGX60DF780C4N - Stratix II GX FPGA, 60K LEs, 364 I/O, FBGA-780 | Intel

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1.2 V Vdss 780-ball FBGA (29 x 29 mm, 1.0 mm pitch) Package 16 Speed

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Price updated: 2026-09-08

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Qty	Unit Price	Extended
1	$485	$485.00
5	$460	$2,300.00
25	$425	$10,625.00
100	$395	$39,500.00
250	$365	$91,250.00

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EP2SGX60DF780C4N Overview

The Intel (formerly Altera) EP2SGX60DF780C4N is a high-density Stratix II GX Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) integrating 60,440 equivalent logic elements, 364 user I/Os, and high-speed transceiver capability, housed in a 780-ball FineLine BGA (FBGA) package measuring 29 x 29 mm with 1 mm pitch. Built on a 1.2 V 90 nm CMOS process, this device is optimized for high-bandwidth serial connectivity, DSP-intensive signal processing, and embedded-processor-based designs that require deterministic real-time response.

What is an FPGA? A Field-Programmable Gate Array is a semiconductor device built around an array of configurable logic blocks (CLBs/LEs), programmable interconnect, and dedicated hard IP blocks such as transceivers, block RAM, multipliers, and PLLs. FPGAs occupy the same role in the digital-hierarchy taxonomy as ASICs but allow post-fabrication logic changes. Stratix II GX sits at the top tier of the programmable-logic hierarchy, between mainstream FPGAs and structured ASICs, with embedded multi-gigabit transceivers that previously required external PHY chips.

Key features of the EP2SGX60DF780C4N include 60,440 logic elements organized into 3,022 Logic Array Blocks (LABs), 2,544,192 bits of on-chip RAM, dedicated DSP blocks for high-throughput filtering and FFT, and up to 20 embedded transceivers supporting serial rates up to 6.375 Gbps. The device also exposes 12 full-duplex source-synchronous channels, supports PCI Express x1/x4/x8 hard IP, and integrates four PLL blocks plus 16 global clock networks for robust clock distribution across the fabric.

From a technical-depth perspective, the Stratix II GX architecture replaces the 4-input LUT of earlier Stratix with an adaptive logic module (ALM) that combines two 4-LUTs and a dedicated adder, improving effective logic density by roughly 25 percent versus prior generations. Combined with the 90 nm strained-silicon process and 1.2 V core, the part delivers high Fmax on DSP-heavy designs while still meeting industrial-grade thermal envelopes. The transceiver block supports a wide range of protocols including PCI Express Gen1, Serial RapidIO, CEI-6G, and 10 GbE XAUI through protocol-specific soft IPs.

Typical applications include 10G/40G telecom line cards, ASIC prototyping platforms, high-end broadcast video processing, defense signal-intelligence backplanes, and medical imaging reconstruction. The high pin count and 364 I/O support wide external memory buses (DDR2/QDRII+) and multiple standard connectors simultaneously. Designers should budget 20 percent of logic for clock-domain crossing, apply Quartus II pin-planner constraints early, and ensure the board supplies a 1.2 V VCCH/LVDS-clean supply for the transceiver PHY. This page synthesizes distributor pricing, drop-in Altera/Intel alternatives, and Quartus II design notes that are not aggregated in the standalone datasheet PDF.

Drop-in alternatives for EP2SGX60DF780C4N — 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 EP2SGX60DF780C4N (same form factor and footprint) — differing in Speed Grade, Package, RoHS Status, DSP Blocks, Device Type.

EP2SGX60CF780C4N

Altera

Package: 780-BBGA (FC-FBGA, 23x23 mm, 1 mm pitch)

Device Type: FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array