Altera 25G Holoscan Sensor Bridge Demonstration Wins Embedded Computing Design’s Best-in-Show Award

High-performance Agilex 5 FPGA reference design showcases ultra-low-latency sensor streaming for edge AI systems

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altera, the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, today announced that its 25GbE Holoscan Sensor Bridge demonstration, powered by Agilex® 5 SoC FPGAs, received Embedded Computing Design’s Best-in-Show Award in the AI & machine learning category. The award recognizes outstanding embedded systems and products on display at Embedded World 2026, with winners selected by the publication’s editorial team based on design excellence, relative performance, and market impact.

Altera’s Agilex 5 Holoscan Sensor Bridge is a MIPI to 25Gb Ethernet System Reference Design, which demonstrates high-bandwidth sensor streaming over Ethernet for next-generation edge AI systems. The design combines multiple 4Kp60 sensor cameras with a new Quartus® Platform Designer component for Holoscan Sensor Bridge IP, enabling efficient transfer of sensor data from camera interfaces to GPU-based AI platforms over 25Gb Ethernet.

The reference design highlights how FPGAs can accelerate data ingestion and movement at the edge, where ultra-low latency and high throughput are essential for AI workloads. FPGAs play a critical role in AI-attached architectures by handling sensor aggregation and real-time data pre-processing before data reaches the AI compute. Altera is the only vendor offering FPGA-based Holoscan solutions that scale from 10–100 GbE, along with a full line of production-ready SmartNICs and DPUs (up to 400G) supporting data center, cloud, and HPC deployments.

“This recognition from Embedded Computing Design highlights the innovation behind Altera’s FPGA-based sensor-to-Ethernet solutions,” said Venkat Yadavalli, head of Altera’s Business Management Group. “With Agilex 5 devices, developers gain the flexibility and deterministic performance needed to move massive sensor data streams to AI compute platforms with minimal latency. Our Holoscan Sensor Bridge reference design shows how programmable FPGA architectures can efficiently connect high-bandwidth sensors to edge AI systems, enabling new capabilities in robotics, autonomous systems, and other data-intensive edge applications.”

Altera’s Agilex 5 FPGA and SoC families deliver industry-leading performance-per-watt for embedded and edge applications, supporting the latest LPDDR5 and DDR5 memory standards, high-speed serial transceivers, and post-quantum cryptography (PQC) secure boot for advanced system security. Designed for midrange applications requiring high performance and power efficiency, Agilex 5 devices combine programmable FPGA fabric with integrated processing, AI-optimized DSP blocks, and scalable connectivity to accelerate edge AI, industrial, and networking workloads.

About Altera

Altera is a leading supplier of programmable hardware, software, and development tools that empower designers of electronic systems to innovate, differentiate, and succeed in their markets. With a broad portfolio of industry-leading FPGAs, SoCs, and design solutions, Altera enables customers to achieve faster time-to-market and unmatched performance in applications spanning industrial automation, audio/video, robotics, aerospace, defense, data centers, telecommunications, edge AI and more. For more information, visit www.altera.com.