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Altera Adds Post-Quantum Security to Agilex 3 and Agilex 5 FPGAs

PQC-enabled Secure Boot and Secure Device Manager Help Protect IP, Strengthen System Security, and Support Long-life Designs

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altera Corporation, the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, today announced post-quantum cryptography (PQC) support for Agilex® 3 and Agilex 5 FPGAs, bringing quantum-resistant security to its FPGA portfolio and helping customers protect long-life systems against emerging quantum-era threats. Available today, Agilex FPGAs with PQC support provide a strong security foundation designed to evolve with changing threats and cryptographic standards.

Altera adds post-quantum cryptography to Agilex 3 and Agilex 5 FPGAs, enabling secure boot, protecting IP and supporting long-life systems as quantum-era threats evolve.

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Security Built into the Hardware

Agilex 3 and Agilex 5 devices now offer PQC-enabled secure boot, helping authenticate trusted device configurations while protecting long-life systems against future quantum-era threats. Beyond PQC-enabled secure boot, the FPGA’s Secure Device Manager (SDM) provides additional security capabilities including bitstream encryption for IP protection, physical anti-tamper support, key management, physically unclonable function (PUF) keys, embedded cryptographic cores, and platform attestation.

Altera’s PQC-enabled FPGAs are designed to support additional software and firmware security enhancements as post-quantum requirements evolve. This flexibility helps customers address changing security and compliance requirements while extending the value of their hardware investments.

“Customers building long-life systems need confidence that the hardware they choose today can adapt to tomorrow’s security requirements,” said Mike Fitton, vice president of product and corporate marketing, Altera. “PQC-enabled Agilex devices give customers a foundation they can deploy today and evolve over time as post-quantum standards mature and new threats emerge.”

The reprogrammable architecture of Agilex 3 and Agilex 5 FPGAs helps customers extend product lifecycles by enabling designs to evolve as security requirements, workloads, interfaces, and standards change. The FPGAs provide a flexible, scalable platform for a broad range of embedded and edge applications by combining performance and power efficiency to help meet evolving system requirements.

Availability

PQC-enabled Agilex 3 and Agilex 5 devices are shipping today. Quartus® Prime Pro Edition 26.1.1 provides a supporting PQC software flow, giving customers a simplified approach to implement post-quantum security protections today. For more information about PQC support in Agilex 3 and Agilex 5 FPGAs, read the Altera blog: Altera Brings Post-Quantum Security Support to Agilex 3 and Agilex 5 FPGAs and SoCs

About Altera

Altera is the world’s largest pure-play FPGA solutions provider, with an exclusive focus on delivering FPGA innovations to the broad market. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio of programmable hardware, software, and development tools that empower designers of electronic systems to innovate, differentiate, and execute with greater speed and efficiency. With industry-leading FPGAs, SoCs, and design solutions, Altera enables customers to achieve faster time-to-market, greater flexibility, and optimized performance across a wide range of applications, spanning physical AI, industrial automation, audio/video, robotics, aerospace, defense, data centers, telecommunications, and more. For more information, visit www.altera.com

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Altera Corporation
altera.newsroom@altera.com

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CEO: Raghib Hussain
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