Altera Agilex™ 3 FPGAs & SoC FPGAs

Altera / Intel Agilex™ 3 FPGAs and SoC FPGAs enable designers to optimize performance for cost-optimized designs. Agilex 3 devices bring Altera's HyperFlex FPGA architecture to these smaller devices, providing a 1.9x performance improvement over Altera's previous cost-optimized family, Cyclone V, as well as higher speed transceivers, and adding memory support for LPDDR4. A small form factor is essential for these applications, and Agilex 3 devices utilize Intel's innovative variable pitch BGA packaging technology, enabling up to 22% more balls in the same footprint as traditional 0.8mm packages while maintaining the same 0.8mm PCB design rules. With on-chip dual Arm^® Cortex^®-A55 cores and hardened peripherals, these Altera / Intel devices offer high functionality in a small package.

Features

Upgraded performance - brings high performance to power and cost-optimized space with Altera’s industry-leading HyperFlex Gen 2 core fabric technology, as well as power-efficient transceiver I/Os
Built for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), provides AI and DSP capabilities via FPGA logic fabric infused with AI tensor blocks
Enhanced security module with encryption, authentication, and tamper protection

Embedded dual Arm Cortex-A55 processors with advanced caching and hardened peripherals for high-efficiency, embedded mid-range processor-based subsystem to augment FPGA functionality and/or pair with external host-class CPUs
Advanced connectivity - access Altera's emerging connectivity technologies, including general-purpose I/O, specialty I/O (LVDS, MIPI D-PHY), differential transceiver I/O, low-power hard IP blocks (PCIe 3.0, 10GbE Ethernet), and external memory interface (LPDDR4 hardened controller)

Applications

Industrial
- AI in smart factories
- Smart factory automation
- Sensors/motors/connectivity, functional safety, and security
- I/O modules and Internet of Things (IoT) devices
- Tiny PLC and edge AI
Medical
- Diagnostic imaging and videos
- Patient monitoring

Surveillance, retail, and consumer
- Smart cities/retail, V2X
- Trucks, bus systems, trains/railways, and EV charging
- Vision processing
Video processing
- Connectivity and video processing
- Video over IP
- Consumer electronics (AR/VR, drones, gaming)