FPGA Solutions for Smart, Scalable Performance

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Agilex™ FPGAs from Altera

Altera’s FPGA solutions are engineered from a legacy of performance, scalability, and innovation. Their Agilex™ FPGA family empowers engineers and organizations alike to accelerate product development processes from early prototypes to complex embedded systems. Leveraging advanced Intel 7 process technology and second-generation Hyperflex® architecture, the Agilex™ 3 and Agilex™ 5 series deliver unmatched performance-per-watt and design flexibility across a wide range of applications.

Agilex™ 3 Series

The Agilex 3 Series is built to deliver high-performance and power-efficient FPGA and SoC solutions in cost-optimized and embedded-industrial spaces. According to the overview, Agilex 3 devices provide on average ~1.9× higher fabric performance and up to ~38 % lower total power consumption compared to the previous generation.

Key Features

Enhanced DSP with AI Tensor Blocks: Delivers up to 2.8 INT8 TOPS of AI performance with FPGA AI Suite support, enabling seamless model conversion from industry-standard frameworks to FPGA bitstreams.
High-Speed Transceivers: GTS transceivers support data rates up to 12.5 Gbps with integrated PCIe 3.0 ×4 and 10 GbE hard IP, minimizing design time and on-chip resource usage.
Secure Device Manager (SDM): Provides advanced security with secure boot, AES encryption, tamper detection, and runtime monitoring to ensure authenticated configuration and protect against unauthorized access or data corruption.

Key Applications

Industrial
Medical
Consumer electronics

Agilex™ 5 Series

The Agilex 5 Series extends Altera’s FPGA innovation into mid-range applications that demand high performance, low power, compact form factors, and efficient logic utilization. Built on Intel 7 process technology and featuring second-generation Hyperflex™ architecture, Agilex 5 devices deliver exceptional speed and power efficiency across edge and core systems.

With transceiver speeds up to 28.1 Gbps, PCIe 4.0 ×8, and DDR5 memory interfaces up to 5600 Mbps, Agilex 5 FPGAs are engineered for performance-intensive applications spanning wireless and wireline communications, video and broadcast, industrial automation, test and measurement, medical electronics, data center, and defense systems.

Introducing Intel® Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoCs


Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs E-Series	Agilex™ 5 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs D-Series
Optimized for power and size-Ideal for intelligent applications at the edge, embedded, and more 50k - 656k LEs Package size as small as 15 mm x 15 mm Up to 24 x 28G transceivers Up to PCIe 4.0 x4 and 10/25GbE x6 Hard IP DDR4 @ 2,667 Mbps, DDR5 @ 3,600 Mbps, LPDDR4/5 @ 3,733 Mbps Peak TOPS INT8 up to 26 18x19 Multipliers up to 1,692 Multi-core Arm Cortex®-A55 processors @ 1.5 GHz and Arm Cortex®-A76 processors @ 1.8 GHz MIPI D-PHY v2.5 at up to 3.5 Gbps per lane	Optimized for performance and power efficiency - Ideal for various applications across multiple markets 515k – 1,616k LEs Package size as small as 32 mm x 32 mm Up to 48 x 28G transceivers Up to 6 PCIe 4.0 x8 and 24 x 10/25GbE Hard IP Up to 5,600 Mbps DDR5, 5,500 Mbps LPDDR5, 3,200 Mbps DDR4, 4,267 Mbps LPDDR4 Peak TOPS INT8 up to 152.6 18x19 Multipliers up to 9,936 Multi-core Arm Cortex®-A55 processors @ 1.5 GHz and Arm Cortex®-A76 processors @ 1.8 GHz MIPI D-PHY v2.5 at up to 3.5 Gbps per lane Source: Altera