Altera PowerPlay Early Power Estimator - Manual (Page 44)

3–26 Altera Corporation
PowerPlay Early Power Estimator For Stratix II, Stratix II GX & HardCopy II January 2007
PowerPlay Early Power Estimator Inputs
Figure 3–16 shows the PowerPlay Early Power Estimator spreadsheet
and the estimated power consumed by the I/O pins.
Figure 3–16. I/O Section in the PowerPlay Early Power Estimator
High Speed Differential Interface (HSDI)
Stratix II, Stratix II GX, and HardCopy II devices feature dedicated
circuitry that interface with high-speed differential I/O standards. These
are dedicated transmitters and receivers that contain serializer and
deserializer blocks respectively. The HSDI section in the PowerPlay Early
Power Estimator spreadsheet is divided into to receiver and transmitter
parts.