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EP3SL340 replacement options

The Intel EP3SL340 has been discontinued by the manufacturer. There are two ways forward, and for most people reading this the first one is the answer: keep the design and source the part. Changing device means a board revision, so it is only worth it if you are redesigning anyway.

1. Keep the design — source the EP3SL340

Discontinued parts are still traded. We hold 52 orderable EP3SL340 parts — send the exact code and quantity and we'll come back with stock and pricing, including date-code and traceability requirements.

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Part numberPackagePinsSpeedTemperature
EP3SL340F1517C2NF151715172Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C2F151715172Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C2GF15172Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C3GF15173Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C3F151715173Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C3NF151715173Commercial
EP3SL340F1517I3F151715173Industrial
EP3SL340F1517I3NF151715173Industrial
EP3SL340F1517I3GF15173Industrial
EP3SL340F1517C4LNF151715174Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C4F151715174Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C4LGF15174Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C4NF151715174Commercial
EP3SL340F1517C4LF151715174Commercial
EP3SL340F1517I4F151715174Industrial
EP3SL340F1517I4NF151715174Industrial

All 52 EP3SL340 parts

A different package or speed grade of the same device is the closest thing to a like-for-like change: the silicon is the same, so only the footprint or timing differs. It still needs checking against your board.

2. Redesigning? Current devices of similar capacity

Intel devices still in production with comparable logic capacity, closest first. These are a shortlist to evaluate, not equivalents: none of them is pin-compatible with the EP3SL340, and none is recommended by the manufacturer as its successor. We select them by capacity from the data on this site.

DeviceFamilyLogic elementsvs EP3SL340Block RAMDSPParts
EP3SL340Stratix III Logic337,500The original18,381 Kb52
5SGXEA3K2Stratix V GX340,000About the same logic elements19,000 Kb27
5SGXMA3K2Stratix V GX340,000About the same logic elements19,000 Kb21
5SGXEA3K3Stratix V GX340,000About the same logic elements19,000 Kb20
5SGXMA3K3Stratix V GX340,000About the same logic elements19,000 Kb17
5SGXMA3E2Stratix V GX340,000About the same logic elements19,000 Kb14
5SGXEA3H2Stratix V GX340,000About the same logic elements19,000 Kb12

Substitutes listed by distributors

Parts distributors list as substitutes for the EP3SL340. This is what the trade buys instead — not a manufacturer equivalence, and some are other vendors' silicon entirely. Check any of them against your design.

What to check before changing device

  • Footprint and pinout

    Ball count, pitch and pin assignment all differ between families. A new device means a new layout.

  • I/O voltages and banks

    Supported I/O standards, bank voltages and the number of banks change between generations.

  • Core and I/O supplies

    Newer devices usually run a lower core voltage and need a different power tree.

  • Configuration

    Flash type, configuration mode and boot timing are family-specific.

  • Tools and IP

    The design has to be rebuilt in the current toolchain, and IP cores may need replacing or re-licensing.

  • Temperature and lifetime

    Check the grade you need exists, and how long the new family is expected to stay in production.

Where a design cannot be revised — certified equipment, long-life industrial and defence builds — sourcing the original is normally the cheaper route, even at obsolete pricing.

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