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Browse the available resources to help you with your FPGA design.

The Intel® SoC FPGAs Resource Center provides everything you need to get started with Intel® SoC FPGAs, including links to: reference designs, application reports, how-to videos, white papers, design service network partners, webinars, articles, training, and more.

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Introduction

Check out videos, demos, training, and information for anyone new to SoC FPGAs.

Content Type	Resource
Introductory Materials	What is an SoC FPGA? Architecture Brief (PDF) SoC FPGA Product Brochure (PDF) Design Considerations for SoC FPGAs Checklist (PDF)
Training	Free SoC Online Training Courses Hardware Design Flow for an ARM-based SoC FPGA (English) Hardware Design Flow for an ARM-based SoC FPGA (Chinese) Hardware Design Flow for an ARM-based SoC FPGA (Japanese) On-line/Virtual Classroom/Instructor-Led SoC Training Courses Macnica vWorkshops for Intel SoC Doulos ARM* Cortex*-A9 in the Intel® SoC FPGA Free Webinar
Videos and Webinars	Why Do I Need a Customizable ARM-based SoC FPGA? EE Journal Chalk Talk Video Architecture Matters when Choosing the Right SoC FPGA, Todd Koelling, RTC Magazine, Jan. 2014, p. 14 Introducing the User-Customizable ARM-Based SoC FPGA Webcast (Flexibility)
Device Documentation	Intel® Arria® 10 SoC FPGA Web Page Intel® Arria® 10 SoC FPGA Hard Processor System (HPS) Intel® Arria® 10 SoC FPGA Advanced Information Brief (PDF) Intel® Stratix® 10 SoC FPGA Web Page ARM* Cortex*-A53 Processor Website
Articles & Press Releases	Intel Austin Technology Center Press Article, Austin Business Journal Intel to Build Next-Generation, High-Performance FPGAs on Intel’s Tri-Gate Technology, Press Release

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Solutions and Applications

Browse through SoC FPGA reference designs, IP, software, demos, and other application-specific solutions offered by us and our partners.

Application	Resource
Automotive	Automotive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) ADAS Radar Sensor Fusion Automotive Infotainment Automotive Electric Vehicles
Industrial	Industrial Drive-on-a-chip Motor Control Smart Energy Smart Grid Automation Solar Inverters
Military	Military Radar Military Secure Communications

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Development Tools

Intel® SoC FPGAs are 100% ARM* compatible and supported by a rich ecosystem of operating system (OS) support, software, and hardware development tools. Click the links below to research more on these aspects.

Time	Resource
Design Examples / Intellectual Property	Implementing Smart Grid HSR and IEEE 1588 PTP Technologies with SoC FPGA running Linux* OS, Jouni Kulala, Flexibilis Oy, RTC Magazine p. 18 Android OS with Hardware Accelerated Graphics Rendering and Video Processing with the Macnica Helio View Development Kit EE Journal Chalk Talk Video Device Wide (Heterogeneous) AMP Design Example Cyclone® V SoC FPGA PCIe* Root Port with MSI Design Example Arria® V SoC FPGA PCIe* Root Port with MSI Design Example
Videos / Webinars	Intel/WindRiver Real-time Data Movement on Today’s Multi-Core SoC Webinar Nuvation/Intel/ARM Traditional vs. SoC FPGA Design Flow: A Video Pipeline Case Study Webinar
System On Modules (SoMs)	SoC FPGA SoMs Summary Critical Link MityARM-5CSX Exor MicroSOM iWave Systems Qseven Module NovTech NOVSOM ShiraTech Spark-100
Development Kits	Cyclone® V SoC FPGA Development Kit Arria® V SoC FPGA Development Kit Abaxor Cyclone® V SoC Development Board (Deutsch) Arrow SoCKIT Development Kit EBV SoCrates Evaluation Platform Orchid High-Performance Industrial Computer Platform Critical Link MityCAM Configurable Cameras: Customizable Vision and Imaging Platform Coveloz AES67 Ethernet AVB Audio Processor FPGA Development Kit Terasic Education DE1-SoC Board
OS Support	Linux Portal (RocketBoards.org) Micrium and PolyCore Software Provide Multicore Solution for Cyclone® V SoC
Architecture Briefs	Intel® SoC FPGA Software Development Tool Flows Architecture Brief (PDF) Intel® SoC FPGA Adaptive Debug Architecture Brief (PDF) CoreSight* Compliant Debug for SoC FPGAs Architecture Brief (PDF)
White Papers / Application Notes / Reference Designs	AN 709: HPS SoC FPGA Boot Guide – Cyclone® V SoC FPGA Development Kit Application Note (PDF) FPGA-Adaptive Software Debug and Performance Analysis White Paper (PDF) Better Trace for Better Software, ARM (PDF) About the System Trace Macrocell, ARM Info Center
Software Development Tools	ARM Development Studio 5* for Intel® SoC FPGAs Intel® SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (EDS)
FPGA Design Tools	Platform Designer Intel® Quartus® Prime Software DSP Builder for Intel® FPGAs Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL ™¹

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Design Optimization

Find advanced and technical information to accelerate SoC FPGA design and performance.

Type	Resource
Example Designs & IP	Hardware Acceleration in Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) Reference Design (PDF) Improving Cost and Efficiency for PV Inverter Power Electronics
Videos / Webinars	Graphics Rendering and Video Processing with the Macnica Helio View Development Kit EE Journal Chalk Talk Video Deliver Reliable Smart Grid Communications with a PRP/HSR FPGA Switch Webcast Accelerating Design Development Time with Hard Floating-Point DSP Blocks in FPGAs Webcast Optimizing OpenCL™ application for Intel® FPGAs, International Workshop on OpenCL™ application 2014
Articles	Best practices for designing high-throughput, real-time SoC systems, Nick Ni, Embedded Computing Design Article
White Papers & Application Notes	A Reconfigurable Fabric for Accelerating Large-Scale Data Center Services Paper, Microsoft (PDF) Meeting the Performance and Power Imperative of the Zettabyte Era with Generation 10 White Paper (PDF) Supercharging Design Performance and Productivity with Intel® FPGAs and Best-in-Class IP White Paper (PDF) Bare-Metal, RTOS, or Linux? Optimize Real-Time Performance with Intel® SoC FPGAs White Paper (PDF) Real-Time Challenges and Opportunities in SoC FPGAs White Paper (PDF) Expect a Breakthrough Advantage in Next-Generation FPGAS (in Communications Applications) White Paper (PDF) The Breakthrough Advantage for FPGAs with Tri-Gate Technology White Paper (PDF)
DSP-Related Resources	Arria V and Cyclone® V FPGA Variable-Precision DSP Block Architecture Web Page
Architecture Briefs	SoC FPGA Main Memory Performance (PDF) Flexibility in Responding to Runtime Bugs Architecture Brief (PDF) Hardware Acceleration in SoC FPGAs (PDF)
Cost Optimization	Reducing Design, Manufacturing, and Debug Costs with Cyclone® V FPGA Webcast Balancing Power, Performance and Cost with Arria V FPGAs Webcast Reducing Total System Cost with Low-Power 28 nm FPGAs White Paper (PDF)
Power Management	Digital Power System Management on the Cyclone® V SoC FPGA Development Kit using the LTpowerPlay™ Tool, Linear Technology Corporation, Video
Intel® SoC FPGA Reliability Information	Intel Device Quality and Reliability Information
Error Correction Code (ECC) Resources	Intel ECC Technology Center Error Correction Code in SoC FPGA-based Embedded Systems White Paper (PDF) Mitigating Soft Errors in DRAM Through Error Correction Code on SoC FPGAs Webcast

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Ecosystem

Our ecosystem partners and the Intel® SoC FPGA user community provide a wide range of options to meet your SoC FPGA development needs.

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Intel® SoC FPGAs are 100% ARM* compatible and supported by a rich ecosystem of operating system (OS) support, software, and hardware development tools. Click the links below to research more on these aspects.

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