Intel® Arria® 10 SX SoC FPGA
At 20nm, Intel® Arria® 10 SX SoC FPGAs feature a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 HPS, support up to 48 full-duplex transceivers with data rates up to 17.4 Gbps chip-to-chip and 12.5 Gbps backplane communications, while providing up to 660K equivalent logic elements.
Intel® Arria® 10 SX SoC FPGA
Highest performance mid-range 20nm SoC FPGA
Benefits
Higher System-Level Integration with SoC FPGA
The devices feature a second-generation dual-core ARM* Cortex*-A9 MPCore processor-based hard processor system (HPS) that is fast, more secure, and software compatible with previous-generation SoCs. Reduce board size and increase performance by integrating a GHz-class processor, FPGA logic, high-speed transceiver, external memory interface and digital signal processing (DSP) functions into a single SoC FPGA.
Enhanced SoC Performance and Power
Built on 20 nm process technology, the device’s ARM processor operates at 1.5 GHz; the processor provides more than a 50% increase in performance over the previous generation with a 30% power reduction.
Designed for Productivity
This device prioritizes design productivity. It offers full software compatibility with legacy SoC FPGAs, provides a broad ARM software and tool support ecosystem, and streamlines FPGA and DSP hardware design flow. This ecosystem ensures compatibility with popular operating systems such as Linux, Wind River VxWorks, Wind River Linux, MicriumuC/OS-II, uC/OS-III, and more.
Applications
Wireless Backhaul Application
FPGAs play a vital role in small-cell radios. They deliver high-speed connectivity, boost data rates, extend network coverage, and lower development costs. Cloud DU and vRANutilize FPGAs to empower efficient parallel processing. Seamlessly offload low-latency, high-throughput applications, reducing CPU cycle usage and enhancing the flexibility of virtualized networks.
High-Performance Broadcast Infrastructure
This FPGA is well-suited for broadcast applications requiring high performance and flexibility, offering versatility in managing logic functions such as video format conversion, multiplexing, switching, and bridging, alongside proficiently handling processor tasks like audio processing, video compression, and efficient link management.
Cloud Servers and Storage
Efficiently perform logic functions such as flash cache processing, acceleration, and SATA/SAS, as well as processor functions like flash cache control, host offload, and co-processing. Utilize powerful and versatile solutions for optimizing cloud environment data storage and server performance.
Key Features
Enhanced ARM Processor
Dual-core ARM* Cortex-A9* MPCore* processor with ARM* CoreSight* debug and trace technology. At 1.5 GHz, the processor provides increased performance and reduced power.
Improved SoC Architecture
With three Ethernet MAC cores, 256 KB Scratch-RAM, supports 8-and 16-bit NAND flash devices, embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) SD/SDIO/MMC cards, and 72-bit DDR3/4 memory for building an improved architecture.
Enhanced Security
This SoC FPGA supports secure boot with Elliptical Curve Digital Signature Authentication (EC DSA) authentication, with a layered public key infrastructure for root of trust support, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), and new anti-tamper features.
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