Intel® Simics® Simulator for Altera® FPGAs: Agilex™ 5 and Agilex™ 3 Virtual Platform User Guide

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Date 9/29/2025
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Document Table of Contents
Document Table of Contents x
1. About This Document 2. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Intel® Simics® Virtual Platforms 3. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform Component Intel® Simics® Models 4. Running a Simulation with the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Model 5. Supported Use Cases 6. Troubleshooting Issues When Migrating Software from Intel® Simics® to Hardware A. Document Revision History for Intel Simics Simulator for Altera FPGAs Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Virtual Platform User Guide
1. About This Document x
1.1. Terminology 1.2. List of Acronyms
2. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Intel® Simics® Virtual Platforms x
2.1. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform
2.1. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform x
2.1.1. Agilex™ 5 Universal Virtual Platform Overview 2.1.2. Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform Overview 2.1.3. Agilex™ 5 Universal Virtual Platform User-Configurable Parameters 2.1.4. Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform User-Configurable Parameters 2.1.5. Universal Virtual Platforms Key Capabilities
2.1.1. Agilex™ 5 Universal Virtual Platform Overview x
2.1.1.1. Agilex™ 5 HPS Component 2.1.1.2. HPS Subsystem Component 2.1.1.3. FPGA Fabric Design 2.1.1.4. qsys_top Component 2.1.1.5. FPGA Component 2.1.1.6. Board Component 2.1.1.7. System Component 2.1.1.8. Target Script
2.1.5. Universal Virtual Platforms Key Capabilities x
2.1.5.1. Boot-To-Operating System Prompt 2.1.5.2. Basic Ethernet 2.1.5.3. CPU Power-On and Boot Core Selection ( Agilex™ 5 only) 2.1.5.4. Reset Flow 2.1.5.5. General Purpose I/O (GPIO) Loopback 2.1.5.6. USB Disks Hot-Plug Support 2.1.5.7. On-Chip Memory IP FPGA Fabric Example Design 2.1.5.8. FPGA-to-HPS Bridges 2.1.5.9. Exercising Peripheral Subsystem in FPGA Fabric Design 2.1.5.10. USB Controller Host/Device Mode Configuration 2.1.5.11. HPS Component and Stepping Silicon Features Selection 2.1.5.12. UART1/UART2 Serial Console Selection
3. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform Component Intel® Simics® Models x
3.1. HPS Intel® Simics® Model 3.2. Virtual Platform HPS Subsystem Components 3.3. Virtual Platform qsys_top Components 3.4. Virtual Platform Board Components 3.5. Modeling Support Limitations
3.1. HPS Intel® Simics® Model x
3.1.1. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Intel® Simics® Model Architecture 3.1.2. PSS Subsystem Components 3.1.3. MPU and APS Subsystem 3.1.4. MPFE Subsystem 3.1.5. Additional Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Components 3.1.6. Agilex™ 5 B0 Features Support
3.2. Virtual Platform HPS Subsystem Components x
3.2.1. External Memory Interface (EMIF) 3.2.2. Security Device Manager (SDM)
3.3. Virtual Platform qsys_top Components x
3.3.1. FPGA Fabric
3.4. Virtual Platform Board Components x
3.4.1. Marvel EMAC PHY 3.4.2. SD Card Device 3.4.3. ONFI NAND Memory Device 3.4.4. SPI Flash Device 3.4.5. AT24Cxx EEPROM Device 3.4.6. I3C Device 3.4.7. USB Disk Device 3.4.8. Intel® Simics® Text Console
4. Running a Simulation with the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Model x
4.1. Prerequisites 4.2. Intel® Simics® Simulation Setup for the Agilex™ 5 or Agilex™ 3 Device 4.3. Starting the Simulation 4.4. Getting Device Information from the Intel® Simics® Model
1. About This Document
2. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Intel® Simics® Virtual Platforms
3. Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Universal Virtual Platform Component Intel® Simics® Models
4. Running a Simulation with the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS Model
5. Supported Use Cases
6. Troubleshooting Issues When Migrating Software from Intel® Simics® to Hardware
A. Document Revision History for Intel Simics Simulator for Altera FPGAs Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 Virtual Platform User Guide

3.1.3. MPU and APS Subsystem

The following table lists the support status for components integrated into the MPU and APS subsystems. The table also indicates any component limitations, and the object created under the HPS Intel® Simics® model of the Agilex™ 5/ Agilex™ 3 HPS.

Table 18.   Component Support Status | Limitations | Objects
Component Supported? Limitations | Objects
MPU Sub-System ( Agilex™ 5 HPS) Yes
  • Limitations:
    • The A76 core model is based on the r3p0 version while the real hardware uses r4p1 version.
    • Cache memories are not modeled. Intel® Simics® implements the parts visible to the software in the path towards the cache, but the real functionality is not implemented, so there is no information on hits/misses or cache operations, such as cache flushes.
  • Objects:
    • A55: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.core[0]
    • A55: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.core[1]
    • A76: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.core[2]
    • A76: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.core[3]
    • DSU: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.dsu
MPU Sub-System ( Agilex™ 3 HPS) Yes
  • Limitations:
    • Cache memories are not modeled. Intel® Simics® implements the parts visible to the software in the path towards the cache, but the real functionality is not implemented, so there is no information on hits/misses or cache operations, such as cache flushes.
  • Objects:
    • A55: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.core[0]
    • A55: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.core[1]
    • DSU: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.dsu
CoreSight Debug and Trace No N/A
Interrupt Controller Yes Object: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.gic
Cache Coherency Unit (CCU) Yes
  • Limitation: This is just a skeleton model with read/write access to registers.
  • Object: system.board.fpga.soc_inst.hps_subsys.agilex_hps.ccu
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