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Intel 's new SoC FPGA is a hard processor system (HPS) consisting of a dual-core ARM ® Cortex ™-A9 MPCore ™ processor, a memory controller, and a rich set of peripherals, and a 28nm FPGA fabric (Cyclone ® V and Arria ® V). A high-bandwidth interconnect is used to connect between the processor system and the FPGA. |
Features of SoC FPGAs
The system architecture of the SoC FPGA provided by Intel is as follows and has various features.
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Dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor | ||
4,000 MIPS (up to 800 MHz per core) | ||
NEON™ coprocessor with double-precision FPU | ||
32 KB / 32 KB L1 cache per core | ||
512 KB of shared L2 cache | ||
Multiport SDRAM controller | ||
DDR3 and LPDDR2 up to 533 MHz | ||
DDR2 up to 400MHz | ||
Mobile DDR up to 200MHz | ||
Integrated ECC support | ||
Wide bandwidth on-chip interface | ||
HPS-FPGA interface over 100 Gbps | ||
FPGA-SDRAM interface over 100 Gbps | ||
Cost and power optimized FPGA fabric | ||
Lowest power transceiver | ||
Up to 1,600 GMACS, 300 GFLOPS | ||
Internal RAM up to 25 Mbit | ||
More Hard IP (Intellectual Property): PCIe® and Memory Controllers | ||
Flexible configuration | ||
Abundant development environment |
5 Reasons to Design with SoC FPGAs
Reduced board size | |
Minimize board size and complexity by reducing the number of devices on the board by integrating FPGA, microprocessor, and DSP functions on a single chip |
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Reduced power consumption | |
SoC FPGA を利用すれば、インテルに最適化された 28nm Low-Power ( 28LP ) プロセス・テクノロジ、豊富なハード IP 群、および低消費電力シリアル・トランシーバを活用可能 |
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Reduce total system cost | |
必要なディスクリート・デバイス、電源レール、およびオシレータの数が少なくてすむため、部品 ( BOM ) コストの削減を実現 |
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Design with FPGA flexibility | |
Choose from a wide range of soft IP cores from Intel and third-party IP partners to quickly build custom ARM processor systems. In addition, flexible FPGA fabric supports changing industry standards and market demands. In addition, you can quickly develop custom hardware designs using the Quartus ® II development software and Qsys system integration tools |
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Common development tools | |
Take advantage of ARM's strong ecosystem of software development tools, operating systems and middleware. |
Further Expanding 28nm FPGA Portfolio
Intel offers a complete 28nm device portfolio to suit your diverse design requirements.
SoC FPGAs further expand the extensive Cyclone V SoC FPGA and Arria V SoC FPGA families. Each device family is differentiated by part number by optimizing requirements for performance, I/O resources, package size, power consumption and cost.
Start software development today
Start developing application software for SoC FPGA today with Intel SoC FPGA Virtual Target, a fast function simulator for SoC FPGA hard processor systems and board-level components . SoC FPGA Virtual Target provides unparalleled control and visibility into software, enabling greater debug capabilities in complex multi-core processor-based embedded systems.
Learn more about SoC FPGAs
Brochure: "Intel's ARM-Based SoC FPGAs" (PDF) | ||
White paper: | ||
"Customizable ARM-based SoC FPGA for next-generation embedded systems" (PDF) | ||
Advance Information Briefs: | ||
o | SoC FPGA product overview (English・PDF) | |
o | ARM Cortex-A9 processor (English version・PDF) | |
*Please contact us if you would like a Japanese version of the above "Advance Information Briefs". We will send it to you as soon as the Japanese translation is completed. | ||
Cyclone V FPGA Family | ||
Arria V FPGA Family | ||
ARM Cortex-A9 processor |