Stratix® 10 GX/SX Device Overview

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Date 6/28/2024
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1.6. Hyperflex® Core Architecture

Stratix® 10 FPGAs and SoCs are based on a core fabric featuring the new Hyperflex® core architecture. The Hyperflex® core architecture delivers 2X the clock frequency performance and up to 70% lower power compared to previous generation high-end FPGAs. Along with this performance breakthrough, the Hyperflex® core architecture delivers a number of advantages including:

  • Higher Throughput—Capitalizes on 2X core clock frequency performance to obtain throughput breakthroughs
  • Improved Power Efficiency—Uses reduced IP size, enabled by Hyperflex® , to consolidate designs which previously spanned multiple devices into a single device, thereby reducing power by up to 70% versus previous generation devices
  • Greater Design Functionality—Uses faster clock frequency to reduce bus widths and reduce IP size, freeing up additional FPGA resources to add greater functionality
  • Increased Designer Productivity—Boosts performance with less routing congestion and fewer design iterations using Hyper-Aware design tools, obtaining greater timing margin for more rapid timing closure

In addition to the traditional user registers found in the Adaptive Logic Modules (ALM), the Hyperflex® core architecture introduces additional bypassable registers everywhere throughout the fabric of the FPGA. These additional registers, called Hyper-Registers are available on every interconnect routing segment and at the inputs of all functional blocks.

Figure 4. Bypassable Hyper-Register

The Hyper-Registers enable the following key design techniques to achieve the 2X core performance increases:

  • Fine grain Hyper-Retiming to eliminate critical paths
  • Zero latency Hyper-Pipelining to eliminate routing delays
  • Flexible Hyper-Optimization for best-in-class performance

By implementing these techniques in your design, the Hyper-Aware design tools automatically make use of the Hyper-Registers to achieve maximum core clock frequency.

Figure 5.  Hyperflex® Core Architecture