SAN JOSE, CA, Oct 20, 2026 – Altera is expanding its Agilex FPGA and SoC FPGA portfolio with defense-grade devices designed to operate from -55°C to 125°C. The devices will offer leaded-ball and ruggedized packaging options to withstand temperature cycling, vibration and shock.
According to Altera, Agilex FPGAs are fabricated in the United States, providing domestic wafer production for aerospace and defense programs with long service lives and supply continuity requirements.
Defense-grade options will extend across the entire Agilex portfolio:
- Agilex 3 FPGAs for low-power, cost-sensitive applications.
- Agilex 5 FPGAs for midrange applications.
- Agilex 7 FPGAs for high-performance applications.
- Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series FPGAs.
The range will offer developers different combinations of performance, power efficiency and integration for edge systems, embedded processing, high-bandwidth communications, sensing and electronic warfare. The devices accommodate changing mission requirements.
Altera describes HyperFlex as the architecture underpinning the portfolio. It uses Hyper-Retiming and Hyper-Pipelining to balance pipeline delays and shorten critical logic and routing paths. These techniques support higher clock frequencies and greater processing throughput.
“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.”
Initial shipments of defense-grade Agilex FPGAs will be available in Q1, 2027 with software support targeted for Quartus Prime Design Software 27.1.
Source: Altera
About Altera
Altera is a semiconductor company founded in 1983 and based in San Jose, CA. The company designs programmable logic devices, including field-programmable gate arrays and complex programmable logic devices, along with related software tools. Engineers use these products to build configurable hardware for communications, computing, industrial, automotive and aerospace systems. Altera serves system designers, equipment manufacturers and technology companies that integrate programmable logic into network infrastructure, data centers and embedded applications. The company became part of Intel’s solutions business and later reestablished operations with majority investment from Silver Lake, while Intel retained a minority stake. Altera serves about 14,000 customers worldwide and employs approx. 3,000 people across North America, Europe and Asia. The company supplies chips and development tools that support flexible hardware design in electronic systems.
