Differences Among Altera® SoC Device Families

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Date 8/29/2025
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Overview of HPS Modules HPS Micro Processor Unit Subsystem Differences Booting and Configuration Differences Cache Coherency Unit Differences Generic Interrupt Controller Differences HPS System Memory Management Unit Differences HPS On-Chip RAM Differences HPS Error Correction Differences HPS DMA Controller Differences HPS Clock Manager Differences HPS Reset Manager Differences HPS FPGA Manager Differences HPS System Manager Differences HPS Scan Manager Differences HPS Security Feature Differences HPS System Interconnect and Firewalls Differences HPS-FPGA Bridge Differences HPS General Purpose I/O Interface Differences I/O Pin Multiplexing Differences HPS Mailbox Differences HPS SDRAM Controller Subsystem Differences HPS NAND Flash Controller Differences HPS SD/eMMC Host Controller Differences Combo DLL PHY Differences HPS Quad SPI Flash Controller Differences HPS USB 2.0 OTG Controller Differences HPS USB 3.1 Gen1 Controller Differences HPS EMAC Differences HPS SPI Controller Differences HPS I2C Controller Differences I3C Controller Differences HPS UART Controller Differences HPS CAN Controller Differences HPS Timer Differences HPS Watchdog Timer Differences HPS CoreSight Debug and Trace Differences Revision History for Differences Among Altera® SoC Device Families
Differences Among Altera® SoC Device Families

HPS SD/eMMC Host Controller Differences

SD/eMMC Host Controller Feature

Cyclone® V SoC,

Arria® V SoC		 Arria® 10 SoC

Stratix® 10 SoC,

Agilex™ 7

F-Series/I-Series/

M-Series SoC

Agilex™ 5

E-Series/D-Series SoC,

Agilex™ 3

C-Series SoC
SD/eMMC Controller Synopsys Designware MobileStorage Host Controller v. 2.40a Synopsys Designware MobileStorage Host Controller v. 2.70a Synopsys Designware MobileStorage Host Controller v. 2.80a Cadence SD/eMMC Host Controller v. R602-1.1
SD Standard SD 3.0 SD 6.1
SDIO Standard SDIO 3.0 SDIO 4.1
CE-ATA Standard CE-ATA 1.1 n/a
eMMC Standard eMMC 4.41 eMMC 4.41 & 4.5 eMMC 4.41 & 5.0 eMMC 5.1
SD Host Controller Standard n/a SDHC 4.2
SD Card Types SDSC, SDHC, SDXC, eSD, SDIO + SDUC
SD Modes DS (Default Speed), HS, SDR12, SDR25 + SDR50, SDR104, DDR50
eMMC Modes DS, HS + DDR, HS200, HS400
Max Transfer Speeds SD: 25 MBps, eMMC: 50 MBps SD: 100 MBps, eMMC: 400 MBps
Routing signals to FPGA fabric Supported Not supported
PHY Included with the controller Separate Combo PHY, shared with NAND flash controller
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