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9 years ago

Altera product for network traffic processing

Hello. Our company is interested in low-latency implementation of some application-level network protocols (say, FIX or FAST financial protocols and/or some other broker firm usages of fpga, e.g....
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9 years ago

SoC products are using ARM cores, and they are located on the "Hard processor System" (HPS) part of the chip. The HPS also contains other IPs like USB controller, Ethernet MAC, and others:

Cyclone V SoC: https://www.altera.com/products/soc/portfolio/cyclone-v-soc/overview.html

Arria V SoC: https://www.altera.com/products/soc/portfolio/arria-v-soc/overview.html

Meanwhile, you can still use Nios on the FPGA part of the device (both ARM and Nios can co-exist, you need to manage the software though).