It provides 179 user I/O on a 17x17 mm footprint.
Active lifecycle — no LTB clock ticking
The EP4CE6F17I8LN is listed as Active. No last-time-buy notice, no NRND flag. That means you can qualify it into a new design today without worrying about a surprise EOL next quarter.
Where the I/O count and logic cells land you
With 6272 logic elements and 179 I/O, this part fits between the smallest Cyclone IV E and the EP4CE10U14I7N which has 10320 logic elements and 423936 RAM bits.
