Altera Brings Defense-Grade Capabilities Across the Agilex FPGA Portfolio

Scalable performance and rugged packaging support mission-critical aerospace and defense systems in harsh environments

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Altera Corporation, the largest pure-play FPGA provider with a full-spectrum portfolio, today announced the expansion of its Agilex FPGA and SoC FPGA portfolio to support a broader range of aerospace and defense programs. Altera’s defense-grade Agilex FPGAs help system developers meet stringent performance, reliability and environmental requirements while providing the flexibility to adapt to evolving mission needs.

Defense-grade Agilex devices are designed to operate across temperatures ranging from -55°C to 125°C, with leaded-ball and ruggedized packaging options designed to withstand temperature cycling, vibration and shock. These capabilities help maintain reliable operation in harsh environments where extreme temperatures and mechanical stress can compromise mission-critical electronics.

Agilex FPGAs are fabricated in the United States, providing a domestic source of wafer fabrication that supports supply resilience and helps customers plan for the long service lives and continuity requirements common to aerospace and defense programs. Together, these capabilities help defense system developers reduce design risk and build long-life platforms targeting challenging operating environments.

Extending Agilex FPGAs Leadership Architecture Across More Defense Applications

Defense-grade Agilex devices will be available across Altera’s entire Agilex portfolio, giving customers a scalable path from low-power, cost-optimized Agilex 3 FPGAs through mid-range Agilex 5 and high-performance Agilex 7 FPGAs to Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series FPGAs. Customers can select the right combination of performance, power efficiency and integration for applications ranging from edge systems and embedded processing to high-bandwidth communications, sensing and electronic warfare. Extending defense-grade support across this common architecture helps customers streamline platform decisions and adapt their designs as mission requirements evolve.

Underpinning this portfolio is Altera’s high-performance HyperFlex® architecture, which enables higher clock frequencies and greater processing throughput by balancing pipeline delays and shortening critical logic and routing paths through Hyper-Retiming and Hyper-Pipelining.

“Tomorrow’s aerospace and defense systems will need to integrate more sensing, processing and AI capabilities within tightly constrained platforms,” said Farhad Shafai, head of business solutions and marketing at Altera. “Our focus is on giving customers a programmable foundation they can build on for years, adding capabilities as technology advances and mission priorities change.”

Availability

Initial shipments of defense-grade Agilex FPGAs will be available in Q1’27 with software support targeted for Quartus Prime Design Software 27.1. For additional information about Altera’s defense-grade FPGA solutions, contact your local Altera sales representative.

About Altera

Altera provides high-performance, programmable compute and connectivity solutions that enable the rapid adoption and continued advancement of transformative technologies across a wide range of advanced and AI-enabled systems. Altera is the largest pure-play FPGA provider with a full-spectrum portfolio serving applications ranging from data centers and communications networks to critical embedded systems.