XC4000XL Success Story
Subsidiary of major networking company
Design included 12x14 multiplier and high-speed pipelined RAM, target speed 100MHZ
Began with Altera 10K100 - Simulation said design would work at 74MHz
Altera part began “melting the printed circuit board” at 60MHz
XC4000XL-1 works at 91MHZ - will hit 100MHZ target with -09 speed