According to Altera, this is the industry's first high-end, high-density FPGA to feature integrated high bandwidth memory and support for DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory technologies.

Offering over 3.8 million logic elements, Agilex 7 FPGA M-series has been optimised for applications that require both improved performance and high memory bandwidth, including AI, data centres, next-generation firewalls, 5G communications infrastructure and 8K broadcast equipment.

As data traffic continues to increase exponentially due to the growth of AI, cloud computing and video streaming services, the demand for higher memory bandwidth, increased capacity, and improved power efficiency is accelerating. The Agilex 7 FPGA M-series looks to address these challenges by offering users high logic densities, a high-performance fabric and a memory interface that accelerates data throughput speeds while reducing memory bottlenecks and latency.

The series features a hardened memory Network-on-Chip (NoC) interface that delivers a memory bandwidth of up to 1 TBps, using in-package HBM2E and hardened DDR5/LPDDR5 memory controllers. The second-generation Hyperflex architecture provides over 2X higher fabric performance-per-watt compared to competing 7nm FPGAs.

Use cases of the FPGA include: data centres, the Agilex 7 FPGA M-series provides high memory bandwidth and a high-performance FPGA fabric for faster processing and more power efficient data handling of generative AI models; networking, where it can provide high-performance data paths, deep memory buffers and high-bandwidth connectivity; broadcast equipment, the Agilex 7 FPGA M-Series delivers the high-bandwidth connectivity to support the transfer of massive amounts of data between the image sensor pipeline and the FPGA; and test and measurement equipment. The Agilex 7 FPGA M-series supports the advancement of Gigabit Ethernet technologies by enabling the development of next-generation 800 GbE test equipment.

Key features of Agilex 7 FPGA M-Series include:

DDR5 and LPDDR5 support: Hardened controllers support up to 179 GBps, enabling support for latest generation memory standards, higher bandwidth and lower power.

In-Package HBM2E memory: Up to 32 GB of high-bandwidth memory, providing up to 820 GBps of peak memory bandwidth.

Network-on-Chip (NoC) functions: High-bandwidth, resource-efficient access to both in-package and on-board memory resources.

Advanced transceiver capabilities: Hardened Intellectual Property (IP) for PCIe 5.0, Compute Express Link (CXL) 2.0, and 400G Ethernet, with transceivers operating up to 116 Gbps.

“The Agilex 7 FPGA M-series represents a significant leap forward in FPGA technology,” said Deepali Trehan, Head of Product Management and Marketing at Altera. “By combining HBM memory, DDR5, LPDDR5, and a high-density FPGA fabric, we are empowering our customers to tackle the most demanding memory-intensive workloads with unmatched efficiency and performance.”

The Altera Agilex 7 FPGA M-series is now in production and shipping to customers worldwide with an expected lifecycle up to 2035.

By: DocMemory
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