The Arria II GX-260 FPGA development board provides a hardware platform that features sixteen 6.375Gbps transceivers and up to 1.25Gbps LVDS support, making them suitable for a broad array of applications in markets that include wireless, wireline, test, medical, and storage. With the Arria II GX-260 FPGA, customers can achieve the power-reduction benefits, while providing high functionality for applications with significantly higher bandwidth requirements. The device features 256,000 logic elements (LEs), 11.7Mb of embedded memory, and 612 I/Os. Furthermore, the board delivers an abundant set of on-board memory consisting of DDR2 and DDR3 memory. With protocol reference designs and an Arria II GX-260 FPGA development kit, designers can easily begin developing and prototyping their designs immediately.