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An FPGA development board is useless without development tools. Those tools shouldn't cost more than the board. At Altera, we’re committed to accelerating innovators with powerful, accessible FPGA development solutions, regardless of budget or operating system preference.​ As AI, edge, and embedded development continues to evolve, developers need the flexibility to build in the environments they know best. That’s why Quartus Prime is designed to support modern workflows across both Linux and Windows, helping teams move faster from idea to deployment. ​ With Quartus® Prime, developers get:​ 🔹 Linux + Windows OS support including Quartus Lite, Standard, and Pro versions​ 🔹 Free full-featured Quartus Prime Pro licenses for Agilex® 3 & Agilex® 5 E-Series devices​ 🔹 Simple, in-tool license requests, including access to Nios V, Visual Designer Studio, Questa* - Altera FPGA Starter Edition, and more​ 🔹 Faster compilation with fewer iterations​ 🔹 Software that just works​ Because FPGA development tools should enable you to shape what’s next.​ Download Quartus Prime:  altera.com/downloads/fpga…

Achieve up to 2.5X better performance while cutting power consumption by 50%. Agilex® 5 FPGAs and SoCs are pushing the boundaries of mid-range device performance and driving innovation with industry-first features like the enhanced DSP block with AI Tensor mode, a quad-ARM core asymmetric application processor subsystem, and PQC-based security features. Dive into the full product brief here: docs.altera.com/v/u/resources/…

What if you could simplify wideband RF system design while increasing performance? As SDR, radar, and electronic warfare (EW) systems evolve, engineers face growing demands for multi-GHz RF bandwidth, deterministic low latency, and scalable performance, all within increasingly constrained SWaP requirements. Join Altera® and partner iWave to discover how the Agilex® 9 Direct RF-Series FPGAs and SoCs combine integrated high-speed data conversion with FPGA processing to accelerate the development of next-generation RF systems. In this live webinar, you'll learn about: ✅ The evolution from conventional RF to Direct RF architectures ✅ How Agilex® 9 enables Direct RF signal processing and high-speed data movement ✅ Design considerations for clocking, synchronization, and scalable system architectures ✅ How iWave's production-ready SoMs, VPX, and PCIe platforms help reduce development time with proven hardware and FPGA reference designs The session will conclude with a live Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask your questions directly to the Altera and iWave experts. Date: July 22, 2026 Time: 9:00 AM PDT | 12:30 PM IST Reserve your spot: altera.com/campaigns/agil…

We're excited to welcome Junaid Ahmed to Altera as our new Chief Financial Officer. Junaid joins Altera at an exciting time in our journey as the world's largest independent pure-play FPGA solutions provider. As we continue building a stronger, more scalable company, his leadership will help strengthen our financial foundation and create long-term value for our customers, partners, employees, and shareholders. With more than 30 years of leadership experience across the semiconductor industry, Junaid brings the expertise to help guide Altera through its next chapter of growth. Welcome to Altera, Junaid.

Did you know? Agilex® 5 D-Series FPGAs and SoCs deliver up to 152.6 INT8 TOPS while integrating programmable logic, Arm® processors, high-speed transceivers, and AI acceleration in a single device. Combine those processing capabilities with recently upgraded memory performance (DDR5 @ 5600 MT/s, LPDDR5 @ 5500 MT/s), and your next design can leverage these devices for Edge AI and Physical AI workloads. Whether you're building robotics, machine vision, medical, defense, or industrial systems, Agilex® 5 devices give developers the flexibility of an FPGA with the performance and security needed for modern AI workloads. Learn more: altera.com/products/fpga/…

From smart factories and autonomous robots to medical imaging, aerospace systems, high-speed networking, and AI infrastructure, every application has different compute requirements. The majority of Physical AI (e.g., autonomous robots) and edge AI (e.g., smart factory robotic arms or drones) workloads can be addressed with the Agilex® 3 and Agilex 5 SoC FPGA families. When applications such as wired and wireless networking, data center, and HPC require even greater performance, bandwidth, or compute density, Agilex 7 and Agilex 9 SoC FPGAs are designed to meet those needs. Together, the Altera® Agilex FPGA and SoC portfolio provide a scalable path from low-power edge devices to high-performance compute platforms. Let us know if you want help choosing the right FPGA for your application. Learn more: altera.com/?utm_source=li…

What if your FPGA could seamlessly switch between high-speed protocols or data rates while the system remains running? Altera® Dynamic Reconfiguration enables clean, verified transitions, helping designers adapt to changing networking requirements with confidence. It's a powerful capability for applications where runtime flexibility, reliability, and continuous operation are critical. In our latest blog, discover how Dynamic Reconfiguration helps: * Enable live protocol and data-rate switching * Deliver clean, silicon-driven transitions * Eliminate complex user-managed sequencing * Increase deployment flexibility from a single hardware platform Read the blog: community.altera.com/blog/fpga-blog…

FPGA Conference Europe 2026 starts tomorrow! Join Altera in Munich from June 30 – July 2 and connect with the FPGA community at Europe's leading conference for programmable logic devices. 🎟️ Save 20% on registration with access code: FPGA26_MEETUS 👉 Register: #Booking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">fpga-conference.eu/get-tickets#Bo… Schedule a meeting: altera.com/events/fpga-eu…

What if you could give a legacy CNC machine a modern AI-capable and Cybersecure brain? That's exactly what this new project demonstrates using an Altera Agilex® 3 SoC FPGA and an Arduino UNO R4 Wi-Fi to retrofit a CNC system with multi-axis stepper motor control while maintaining full control over the system architecture. The project explores FPGA-based logic, SPI communication, and motor control using the Terasic Atum A3 Nano board, providing a practical look at how programmable logic can extend the life of existing equipment while creating a foundation for more advanced CNC capabilities, such as: ✔ Deterministic, low-latency Edge AI intelligence ✔ PQC-based security Whether you're interested in industrial automation, motion control, FPGA development, or modernizing legacy systems, this is a great hands-on example of FPGA innovation in action. 👉 Explore the project: resources.mouser.com/hardware-proje…

What if your FPGA could handle the entire vision pipeline from camera input to AI inference, in real time and with a fixed minimal latency? As vision applications become more demanding, developers need a scalable way to process high-resolution image data from multiple sources at the edge. In this latest blog, we showcase how Agilex® 5 and Agilex® 3 FPGAs enable a complete MIPI-based vision pipeline, integrating: ✅ MIPI CSI-2 camera interfaces ✅ Image Signal Processing (ISP) ✅ Video and Vision Processing (VVP) functions ✅ AI-ready data pipelines ✅ Edge vision acceleration on a single FPGA platform With native MIPI support and an AI enabling FPGA architecture, Agilex devices help developers build smarter machine vision systems for medical, robotics, and industrial inspection solutions while reducing system complexity. Read the full blog here: community.altera.com/blog/fpga-blog… What’s the biggest challenge you face when building vision systems today -camera connectivity, image processing, AI integration, or system latency?

8K video promises stunning visual experiences. But behind the scenes, engineers face a significant challenge: how to process 4X more pixels without dramatically increasing the semiconductor cost or power consumption. The conventional solution is to add more parallel processing paths. The smarter solution? Increase performance while reducing complexity. Read the full white paper: How Agilex® FPGAs help enable resource- and power-efficient 4K/8K video processing. docs.altera.com/v/u/docs/r1280…

DDR5. LPDDR5. Higher bandwidth. Better performance. Join us this July at the FPGA Design Seminar Series and discover how to maximize memory performance with Altera Agilex® FPGA and SoC families. Live demo DDR optimization techniques Design best practices Scalability insights Osaka | Tokyo | Nagoya Register today: ritael.web-tools.biz/Seminar_Reques…

Is your electronic system ready for the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)? Join Altera and partners, Xiphera and Napatech, at the CRA Virtual Conference on June 25 to learn how FPGAs enable crypto agility, strengthen security, and help meet evolving compliance requirements. 🎙️ Graham McKenzie, Kimmo Jarvinen, Sebastian Mauritsson ⏰ June 25 | 8:15 AM PT Topics include: ✔ Design Security ✔ Data Security ✔ Supply Chain Security ✔ CRA Readiness Register: resources.embeddedcomputing.com/series/cra-vir…

When RF systems demand more, integration delivers. Introducing the new Agilex® 9 Direct RF-Series Wideband SoC FPGA, announced today at #IMS2026, with engineering samples and dev kits available now. Highlights: 🔹 Delivers 40% higher compute capability per mm² and 45% greater logic and DSP density than previous-generation Direct RF devices 🔹 Integrated 64 GSPS wideband RF 🔹 NEW DDR5 and LPDDR5 memory support Built for next-generation aerospace, defense, and advanced communications applications. Read the press release: altera.com/newsroom/agile…

First came volume production. Now comes market adoption. Just 8 months after entering full-volume production, the Agilex® 9 Direct RF-Series Medium-band SoC FPGA is gaining traction in the aerospace, defense, and government markets. By integrating high-performance ADCs, DACs, and FPGA fabric in a single device, Agilex 9 Direct RF helps reduce power, lower latency, and simplify RF system design. Now, two leading COTS ecosystem partners, Mercury Systems and VadaTech, have selected Agilex 9 Direct RF technology for their production-grade products, validating the industry's shift toward more integrated RF architectures. 🚀 Ecosystem announcement: altera.com/newsroom/agile… Learn more about the technology: community.altera.com/blog/fpga-blog…

Did You Know? Altera now supports a 14% increase in DDR5 rate reaching up to 6400 MT/s in its High-end FPGAs. With new DDR5-6400 support, the Agilex® 7 M-Series FPGA and SoC portfolio extend its memory leadership, delivering a total of 204.8GBps of DDR5 bandwidth and performance needed for today's most demanding workloads. From AI acceleration and high-performance networking to next-generation infrastructure applications, faster memory access means more data processed, lower bottlenecks, and greater system efficiency. See how Agilex 7 M-Series continues to push FPGA memory performance forward and help developers build for what's next. Read the blog: community.altera.com/blog/fpga-blog…

Heading to the International Microwave Symposium (IMS) 2026 event? Stop by Booth #20108 and discover how Altera's Agilex® 5 and Agilex® 9 FPGAs and SoCs are powering the next generation of radar, communications, quantum computing, and AI-driven signal processing systems. See live demos featuring: * AI-based Direction of Arrival (DOA) estimation (Agilex 5 E-Series device) * MVDR adaptive beamforming (Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series device) Booth #20108 June 9–10 Schedule a meeting: altera.com/ims-2026?utm_s…

Heading to FPGA Conference Europe 2026? Join Altera in Munich from June 30 – July 2 and connect with the FPGA community at Europe's leading conference for programmable logic devices. 🎟️ Save 20% on registration with access code: FPGA26_MEETUS 👉 Register: #Booking" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">fpga-conference.eu/get-tickets#Bo… Will you be there? We'd love to connect.

We’re excited to announce that Farhad Shafai has joined Altera as Head of Business Solutions. Farhad brings deep expertise in FPGA architecture, silicon innovation, AI infrastructure and advanced networking technologies. Throughout his career, he has helped bridge breakthrough innovation with real-world deployment, driving scalable, high-performance solutions across the semiconductor industry. In his new role, Farhad will lead Altera’s Business Solutions Group, helping shape our technology strategy and advance next-generation intelligent systems for customers worldwide. His leadership will play a key role in driving innovation across AI, networking and high-performance computing, and we’re excited for what’s ahead.

In next-generation RF systems, integration is essential. As bandwidth demands and SWaP constraints continue to rise, integrated Direct RF FPGA architectures are helping designers simplify systems while improving performance. Discover how Altera Agilex® Direct RF FPGAs and SoCs enable: 🔹 Lower latency 🔹 Reduced power and footprint 🔹 Simplified architectures 🔹 Greater scalability and flexibility Learn how integrated RF solutions are accelerating advanced aerospace, defense, wireless, and high-performance communications applications. Read the blog: community.altera.com/blog/fpga-blog…