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EPF10K50ETI144-2 - 50K Gates FLEX 10KE FPGA, 144-LQFP | Intel

Name: EPF10K50ETI144-2 - 50K Gates FLEX 10KE FPGA, 144-LQFP | Intel
Brand: Intel
SKU: EPF10K50ETI144-2
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Qty	Unit Price	Extended
1	$42.5	$42.50
10	$38.2	$382.00
100	$33.75	$3,375.00
500	$29.4	$14,700.00
1,000	$26.1	$26,100.00

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EPF10K50ETI144-2 Overview

The Intel (formerly Altera) EPF10K50ETI144-2 is a member of the FLEX 10KE embedded programmable logic device family, delivering 50,000 typical gates (199,000 maximum system gates), 2,880 logic elements (LEs), and 40,960 bits of embedded RAM in a 144-pin LQFP (TQFP) package. It operates at a core voltage of 2.5 V on a 0.22 µm SRAM-based process, with a maximum internal operating frequency of 200 MHz. The device includes 10 embedded array blocks (EABs), 360 logic array blocks (LABs), and provides 102 user I/O pins on this TQFP-144 footprint, with up to 254 user I/Os available on larger FineLine BGA packages of the same family.

An FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) is a reconfigurable semiconductor whose logic function is defined after manufacture by loading a configuration bitstream into on-chip SRAM. Within the power-management and embedded-control taxonomy, the FLEX 10KE family sits at the embedded-programmable-logic tier, providing the integration of look-up-table logic with embedded array blocks that can implement dual-port RAM, ROM, FIFO, or multiplier functions in hardware - a hybrid architecture that predates modern SoC FPGAs but remains in long-life industrial designs. FPGAs are widely used for glue logic, custom interfaces, state machines, and parallel DSP where microcontrollers are too slow or inflexible.

Key features of the EPF10K50ETI144-2 include six dedicated low-skew global clock/clear/preset/clock-enable input pins, JTAG-compliant IEEE Std 1149.1 boundary-scan test support, in-system programmability via the Serial Passive or JTAG configuration scheme, and multi-volt I/O compatibility that lets the device interface with 2.5 V, 3.3 V, and 5 V systems. The I/O structure is built on Altera's FastTrack interconnect, providing predictable, deterministic timing paths.

Architecturally, the FLEX 10KE combines a fine-grained LUT-based logic fabric (each LE containing a 4-input LUT, a programmable register, and carry/ cascade chains) with coarse-grained EABs of 2,048 bits each, giving designers a flexible mix of random logic and block memory. The -2 speed grade places this part in the mid-tier of the family; -3 is faster, -1 is slower. Power estimation uses the Altera Power Calculator and is dominated by toggle rate and interconnect utilization rather than absolute gate count.

Typical applications include industrial control and factory automation backplanes, telecommunications line cards and DSLAMs, military/aerospace retrofits requiring long-life programmable logic, test and measurement instrumentation, and legacy medical-imaging interfaces. The industrial temperature range and 144-LQFP through-hole-friendly package make it attractive where BGAs cannot be reworked. Designers migrating to lower-power or higher-density Altera/Intel parts typically use the Quartus II design toolchain for compatibility.

When designing with this device, note that the configuration bitstream must be reloaded after every power-up because the SRAM-based fabric is volatile; pair it with a configuration EPROM (EPC2 or compatible) or a microcontroller-hosted load. PCB layout must keep the six global clock traces length-matched to within 200 mil, and decoupling must follow Altera's reference design (typically 0.1 µF + 10 µF per VCCINT/VCCIO plane).

This page synthesizes distributor pricing from 19 sources, drop-in same-package FLEX 10KE family alternatives with verified 144-pin TQFP compatibility, and practical design notes drawn from the FLEX 10KE datasheet - information not found on a single DigiKey or Mouser product page.

Drop-in alternatives for EPF10K50ETI144-2 — 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 EPF10K50ETI144-2 (same form factor and footprint) — differing in Operating Temperature, Package, Family, Series, Configuration Method.

EPF10K30ETI144-2

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Operating Temperature: -40C to +85C (Industrial, 'I' suffix)

Family: FLEX 10KE (FLEX-10KE)

Series: FLEX 10KE