DSP

The Altera^® digital signal processing (DSP) portfolio consists of proven, high-performance, standard algorithms and functions created to help engineers meet today's rapidly evolving technologies. Each MegaCore^® and Altera Megafunction Partners Program (AMPP^SM) function has been rigorously tested and meets the exacting requirements of various industry standards.

Altera provides an extensive portfolio of drop-in DSP functions that includes everything needed to build system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. Choose blocks of intellectual property (IP) from Altera's comprehensive range of standard DSP functions to create a complete SOPC solution. In addition, because these functions are reusable, each function can be instantiated multiple times in different designs.

DSP algorithms can be integrated easily as hardware accelerators for a Nios^® II processor or into the data path as a pre- or post-processor to implement computationally rigorous routines, leaving the digital signal processor at the center of the original design. Adding a high-performance FPGA to address bottlenecks at both ends of a process allows DSP software engineers to leverage existing software code while enjoying the benefits of hardware acceleration.

Megafunction Name Vendor	PDF	Free Evaluation	Certifications	Device Families Supported
CIC Compiler Altera Corporation		Try OpenCore Plus	DSP Builder Ready	Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, HardCopy Stratix, Stratix, Stratix GX
FFT/IFFT Altera Corporation		Try OpenCore Plus	DSP Builder Ready	Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, HardCopy Stratix, Stratix, Stratix GX
FIR Compiler Altera Corporation		Try OpenCore Plus	DSP Builder Ready	Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, HardCopy Stratix, Stratix, Stratix GX
Floating Point Megafunctions Altera Corporation				Arria II GX, Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, MAX II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX, APEX II, APEX 20KE, APEX 20KC, Flex 10K
Numerically Controlled Oscillator Compiler Altera Corporation		Try OpenCore Plus	DSP Builder Ready	Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, HardCopy Stratix, Stratix, Stratix GX
Reed-Solomon Compiler, Decoder Altera Corporation		Try OpenCore Plus	DSP Builder Ready	Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, HardCopy Stratix, Stratix, Stratix GX
Reed-Solomon Compiler, Encoder Altera Corporation		Try OpenCore Plus	DSP Builder Ready	Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, HardCopy Stratix, Stratix, Stratix GX
Video and Image Processing Suite Altera Corporation		Try OpenCore	SOPC Builder Ready	Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, HardCopy Stratix, Stratix, Stratix GX
Viterbi Compiler, High-Speed Parallel Decoder Altera Corporation		Try OpenCore Plus	DSP Builder Ready	Stratix IV, Stratix III, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, HardCopy Stratix, Stratix, Stratix GX
DCT FI CAST, Inc.		Try OpenCore	AMPP Approved	Stratix III, Cyclone III, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, APEX 20KE

Reference Designs Vendor	PDF	Download	IP Used	End Market	Device Support
CORDIC Reference Design Altera Corporation				Wireless	Cyclone, Stratix
Edge Detection Reference Design Altera Corporation		Download	SOPC Builder, DSP Builder, DSP Development Kit Stratix II Edition	Industrial	Stratix II
EMIF Co-Processor Reference Design Altera Corporation		Download	FFT/IFFT	Wireless	Stratix II
High-Performance EMIF Bridge Core Reference Design Altera Corporation		Download		Wireless, Broadcast, Industrial, Military	Cyclone II, Stratix II
VIP Post Processing Reference Design Altera Corporation		Download	Video and Image Processing Suite	Video Broadcast, Consumer, Industrial, Automotive	Cyclone III
DTMB Reference Design Tsinghua University				Broadcast	Stratix III, Stratix II

Development Kits Vendor	PDF	Device Families Supported
Audio Video Development Kit, Stratix II GX Edition Altera Corporation		Stratix II GX
DSP Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition Altera Corporation		Cyclone II
DSP Development Kit, Cyclone III Edition Altera Corporation		Cyclone III
DSP Development Kit, Stratix II Edition Altera Corporation		Stratix II
DSP Development Kit, Stratix II Professional Edition Altera Corporation		Stratix II
DSP Development Kit, Stratix III Edition Altera Corporation		Stratix III
Video Development Kit, Cyclone II Edition Altera Corporation		Cyclone II
HSMC Digital Video In/Out BiTEC
B2 AMC BittWare		Stratix II
F1/GX AMC with TI DSP BittWare		Stratix II GX