Broadcast - Broadcast Design

FPGA Selections

Intel offers four classes of FPGA products at various levels of core and I/O performance, memory capabilities, and power consumption to meet specific customer needs.
High-end Intel Stratix® series capabilites allow the highest performance, the mid-range Intel Arria® series delivers high performance and low power.
Cyclone® and MAX® devices provide the lowest cost and power while maintaining a significant level of performance.

IP Selections

Intel offers a wide range of readily available FPGA intellectual property (IP) solutions that will accelerate your video design development. At the same time, simulate some of the most common video applications to serve as a guide for building your solution.

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Design and Debug Tools

Intel^® FPGA design tools allow you to design your solution quickly while providing the necessary customization flexibility and debugging capabilities.
Integrate different IP blocks using the Intel Quartus^® Prime design software and Platform Designer (formerly Qsys), design embedded applications using the Intel SoC FPGA Embedded Development Suite (SoC EDS) or accelerate your HDL design using the Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL™.
Intel also offers a large variety of on-chip debugging tools and specific video generators and tracer blocks in the Video and Image Processing Suite.

Build and Demo Designs

Demo your video application or reference design with our latest development kits and daughtercards.
Read our Documentation page for further information on devices, application notes, user guides, and board recommendations.

Development Kits

FPGA development kits provide a complete, high-quality design environment that simplifies the design process and reduces time to market. Development kits include software, reference designs, cables, and programming hardware.

You can purchase products online from the Buy Online eStore or from an Intel® Authorized Distributors and Approved Suppliers, contact the partner directly. For more kits from us and our partners, go to the main Development Kits page.

Product Name	Device Family	Featured Device	Connector	Price	Provider
Arria 10 GX FPGA Development Kit	Arria 10	10AX115S2F45I1SG	-	$4,495	Intel
Arria 10 SoC Development Kit	Arria 10 SoC	10AS066N3F40I2SG	-	$4,495	Intel
Stratix V Advanced Systems Development Kit	Stratix V	5SGXEA7N2F45C2N	-	$14,995	Intel
Stratix V GX FPGA Development Kit	Stratix V	5SGXEA7K2F40C2N	-	$6,995	Intel
Arria V FPGA Development Kit	Arria V	5AGXFB3H6F40C6NES	HSMC	$3,995	Intel
Arria V GT FPGA Development Kit	Arria V	5AGTD7K3F40I3N	-	$3,995	Intel
Arria V SoC Development Kit	Arria V	5ASTFD5K3F40I3NES	FMC	$3,495	Intel
Arria V Starter Kit	Arria V	5AGXFB3H4F35C4NES	HSMC	$850	Intel
Cyclone V E FPGA Development Kit	Cyclone V E	5CEFA7F31C7NES	-	$1,099	Intel
Cyclone V GT FPGA Development Kit	Cyclone V GT	5CGTFD9E5F35C7N	-	$1,299	Intel
Cyclone V SoC Development Kit	Cyclone V SoC	5CSXFC6D6F31C8NES	-	$1,795	Intel
Coveloz BACH: Pro-Audio Networking and Processing FPGA Platform	Cyclone V SoC	5CSXFC6D6U23C6N	-	-	Coveloz
BeMicro CV	Cyclone V E	5CEFA2F23C8N	-	$49	Arrow
Cyclone V GX Base Board	Cyclone V GX	5CGXFC4C7F27C6N	-	$349	Altima
Cyclone V GX Starter Kit	Cyclone V GX	5CGXFC5C6F27C7N	-	$179	Terasic
MAX 10 NEEK	MAX 10	10M50DAF484C6G	-	$359	Terasic
MAX V CPLD Development Kit	MAX V	5M570ZF256C5N	-	$75	Intel
ACHILLES Instant-DevKit Arria 10 SoC SoM	A10 SX	A10S066PF34	-	$1995	ReFLEX CES
Attila Instant-Development Kit	A10 GX	A10X115BF40	-	$3995	ReFLEX CES
Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix IV GX Edition	Stratix IV	EP4SGX230KF40C2N	-	$4,995	Intel
Stratix IV E FPGA Development Kit	Stratix IV	EP4SE530H35C2N	-	$5,495	Intel
Stratix IV GX FPGA Development Kit	Stratix IV	EP4SGX230KF40C2N	-	$4,495	Intel
DE4 Stratix IV Development Board	Stratix IV	EP4SGX230C2 EP4SGX530C2	HSMC	$2,995	Terasic
DN7002k10MEG	Stratix IV	EP4SE820F43CxN EP4SE530F43CxN	-	-	Dini Group
DN7020k10	Stratix IV	EP4SE820F43CxN EP4SE530F43CxN	-	-	Dini Group
DN7406k10PCIe8T	Stratix IV	EP4SE820F43CxN EP4SE530F43CxN	-	-	Dini Group
DE0-Nano Development Board	Cyclone V SE	5CSEMA4U23C6N	-	$99	Terasic
XpressGX4LP	STRATIX IV GX	EP4SGX230KF40C2N and EP4SGX530KH40C2N	-	-	PLDA
XpressGX5LP	STRATIX V GX	5SGXEA4K2F40C2N and 5SGXEA7K2F40C2N	-	-	PLDA

Daughter Cards

Product Name	Technology	Connector	Price	Provider
RDK-12GSRD-ALTRA00	Interface	FMC	Contact Sales	Semtech
VIDIO 12G SDI FMC Card	Interface	FMC	Contact Sales	Nextera Video
DisplayPort 1.2 FMC Card	Interface	FMC	$595	Bitec
HDMI 1.2 FMC Card	Interface	FMC	$595	Bitec
DisplayPort 1.2 HSMC Card	Interface	HSMC	$495	Bitec
HDMI 2.0 HSMC Daughtercard	Interface	HSMC	$495	Bitec
SDI HSMC Card	Interface	HSMC	$490	Terasic
XTS-HSMC Card	Interface	HSMC	$140	Terasic
HD FIFO Modules	Interface	HSMC	$80	Averlogic
XTS Card	Interface	HSMC	$140	Terasic
HDMI Receiver Daughtercard	Interface	HSMC	$215	Terasic
HDMI Transmitter Daughtercard	Interface	HSMC	$170	Terasic
AHA-HSMC Card (Aptina Camera Adapter)	Interface	HSMC	$130	Terasic
CLR-HSMC Card (Camera Link Adapter)	Interface	HSMC	$249	Terasic
Dual XAUI to SFP+ HSMC Card	Interface	HSMC	$785	Terasic
GPIO-HSTC Card	Interface	HSMC	$55	Terasic
HDMI-HSTC_1.4 Card	Interface	HSMC	$299	Terasic
HSMC Mass Storage and Video Card	Interface	HSMC	$260	Terasic
HSMC Communication Card	Interface	HSMC	$320	Terasic

Reference Designs

Intel and its partners develop and deliver reference designs that provide efficient solutions for common system design problems.

The table below lists the available reference designs for this end market. Click on each product name for specifications and evaluation information. To learn about additional reference designs from Intel and its partners, go to the All Reference Designs page.

Product Name	Supported Devices	Platform Designer (formerly Qsys) Compliant	Provider
Arria 10 UHD Video Reference Design	Arria 10	✓	Intel
Display Port Reference Design	Stratix V GX, Arria V GX, Arria 10, Cyclone V GT	✓	Intel
HDMI Reference Design	Stratix V GX, Arria V GX, Arria 10 GX	✓	Intel
A10 Triple Rate SDI II with External VCXO Reference Design	Arria 10	-	Intel
A10 Triple Rate SDI II with VCXO Removal Reference Design	Arria 10	-	Intel
12G Multi-rate SDI	Arria 10 GX, Arria 10 GT	-	Intel
Triple Rate SDI Reference Design	Stratix V, Arria 10, Arria V, Arria II GX	-	Intel
PCI Express Reference Designs and Application Notes	Arria 10 GX , Arria 10 GT , Arria 10 SX , Stratix V GT , Stratix V GX , Stratix V GS , Arria V GZ , Arria V GT , Arria V GX , Arria V SX , Arria V ST , Cyclone V GT , Cyclone V GX , Cyclone V ST , Cyclone V SX , EP4S, Stratix IV GX , Arria II GZ , Arria II GX , Cyclone IV GX	✓	Intel
10 Gbps Ethernet Hardware Demonstration Reference Design	Stratix IV GX	✓	Intel
Compact HDMI J2K over Ethernet (Cyclone V)	Cyclone V GX	-	intoPIX
Cyclone V SOC Power Optimized Reference Design	Cyclone V SOC	-	Intel
JPEG2000 wrapped in MPEG-2 TS over SMPTE2022	Stratix V GX , Stratix V GT	-	intoPIX

IP Cores

Intel and its third-party intellectual property (IP) partners offer a large selection of off-the-shelf IP cores optimized for Intel FPGAs.

The table below lists the available licensed and unlicensed IP solutions for this end market. Click on each product name for specifications and evaluation information. Note that licensed and unlicensed IP come bundled with the Intel Quartus Prime design software. To learn about additional IP from Intel and its partners, go to the Intellectual Property & Reference Designs page.

IP Core	Supported Devices	Platform Designer (formerly Qsys) Compliant	Provider
Video and image processing (VIP II) Functions (4K scalers, mixers, DIL)	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Arria V GT,Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Cyclone IV GX,Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria 10, Arria GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX.	✓	Intel
SDI II Next Generation SDI Video Interface (12G)	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria 10, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT	-	Intel
SDI Video Interface	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Cyclone IV GX, Arrria 10, Arria II GX,Cyclone III LS, Arria II GZ, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT,Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix GX	-	Intel
HDMI	Arria 10, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Arria V GZ, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT	✓	Intel
DisplayPort	Arria 10, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Arria V GZ, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT	✓	Intel
SMPTE2110 (1GE, 10GE, 25GE, 100GE) (-1,-2,-5,-6,-7)	Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Arria V GZ, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT	-	Macnica
SMPTE 2022 Coveloz	Arria 10, Arria V, Arria 10 SoC, Arria V SoC, Stratix IV, Stratix V, Cyclone IV, Cyclone V, Cyclone V SoC, MAX 10, MAX V	-	Coveloz
SMPTE2059	Stratix V GX	-	Oregano
Audio Ethernet-AVB Endpoint	Cyclone V SOC	-	Coveloz
DVI	Cyclone V GX, Arria II GX, Arria V GX, Stratix IV GX, Stratix V GX	-	Bitec
MIPI	Stratix V GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ, Cyclone IV GX,Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III,Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix,Stratix GX, Arria 10 SX, Arria 10 GT, Arria 10 GX	-	Northwest Logic / Introspect
PCI-e / DMA	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V GS, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Arria V GZ	-	Intel
MPEG2	Cyclone, Arria, and Stratix device families	-	IntoPix
JPEG2k	Cyclone, Arria, and Stratix device families	-	IntoPix
TICO	Cyclone, Arria, and Stratix device families	-	Intopix
H.264	Stratix IV, Arria V, Arria V SoC, Cyclone V SoC, Cyclone V, Stratix V, Arria 10, Cyclone IV, Arria 10 SoC, MAX 10	-	partners
H.265	Arria 10	-	eBrisk
SD Card Interface	Cyclone III, Stratix III	-	Eureka
HDD/SSD Interface (SAS/SATA)	Stratix IV, Arria II GX	-	IntelliProp

OpenCL

OpenCL enables viable software implementations of complex video algorithms, and dramatically lowers the cost of the end product. Examples of broadcast applications include:

Acquisition: Real-time debayering of raw camera data, scaling for multiviewers, etc.
Post-production: Color grading, motion estimation, special effects rendering, etc.
Distribution: 3D/temporal noise reduction, H.264 compression, etc.
Consumption: JPEG2000 decoding for 4K digital cinema playout, block artifact reduction filters, etc.

Furthermore, running OpenCL on the Advanced Systems Development Kit gives you several unique advantages including:

The best performance per watt consumed, so you enjoy OpenCL’s benefits without power and heat issues from graphic processing units (GPUs)
The ability to assimilate, manipulate, and transport multichannel video on a single board
The highest level of integration to achieve maximum channel density for your end product

For more information, visit the OpenCL page.

OpenCL and the OpenCL logo are trademarks of Apple Inc. used by permission by Khronos.