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PolarFire® SoC FPGAs

Microchip's PolarFire is a low-power, multi-core RISC-V SoC FPGA

Image of Microchip's PolarFire® SoC FPGAsMicrochip's PolarFire® SoC FPGA family delivers a combination of low power consumption, thermal efficiency, and defense-grade security for smart, connected systems. It is the first system-on-chip (SoC) FPGA with a deterministic, coherent RISC-V CPU cluster and a deterministic L2 memory subsystem for creating Linux® and real-time applications. PolarFire SoC FPGAs span from 25 K to 460 K logic elements (LEs) and feature 12.7 Gbps transceivers.

Safety-critical systems, system control, and security applications need the flexibility of the Linux operating system (OS) and the determinism of real-time systems to control hardware. Typical symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) implementations may offer the flexibility of a rich operating system but are terrible for running real-time systems needing deterministic performance. PolarFire SoC FPGAs feature a multi-core Linux-capable processor that is coherent with the memory subsystem, allowing a versatile mix of deterministic real-time systems and the Linux OS in a single multi-core CPU cluster. PolarFire SoC FPGAs create high-performance and hard real-time systems.

Features
  • FPGA fabric
    • 25 K to 460 K logic elements (4-input LUT + DFF)
    • 784 math blocks (18 MACC x 18 MACC)
    • 16 SerDes lanes of 12.7 Gbps
  • Memory interfaces
    • 36-bit DDR4/DDR3/LPDDR4/LPDDR3 memory controller with SECDED
  • Communication interfaces
    • 2x GigE MACs, USB 2.0 OTG, 5x multi-mode UARTs, 2x SPI, 2x I2C, 2x CAN 2.0
  • Controllers
    • 2x PCIe® Gen2 endpoints/root ports
  • Microprocessor subsystem
  • Processor
    • 1x 64-bit RV64IMAC monitor/boot core
    • 4x 64-bit RV64GC application cores
    • FMAX of 667 MHz (-40°C to +100°C TJ)
    • 3.125 CoreMark®/MHz, 1.714 DMIPS/MHz
  • Storage
    • MMC 5.1 SD/SDIO
    • 1x Quad SPI Flash controller
    • 128 KB eNVM
    • 56 KB sNVM

Kits

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
New Product
POLARFIRE SOC FPGA ICICLE KIT		MPFS-ICICLE-KITPOLARFIRE SOC FPGA ICICLE KIT4 - Immediate$595.00View Details
POLARFIRE SOC DISCOVERY KITMPFS-DISCO-KITPOLARFIRE SOC DISCOVERY KIT193 - Immediate$198.84View Details
POLARFIRE SPLASH KIT WITH A MPF3MPF300-SPLASH-KITPOLARFIRE SPLASH KIT WITH A MPF328 - Immediate$825.65View Details
POLARFIRE IMAGING AND VIDEO KITMPF300-VIDEO-KIT-NSPOLARFIRE IMAGING AND VIDEO KIT12 - Immediate$2,128.56View Details
POLARFIRE EVALUATION KITMPF300-EVAL-KITPOLARFIRE EVALUATION KIT25 - Immediate$2,674.87View Details
EVAL BOARD FOR MPFS250MPFS250-VIDEO-KITEVAL BOARD FOR MPFS25022 - Immediate$3,029.60View Details
RT POLARFIRE DEV KIT-CB-1RTPF-DEV-KIT-CB-1RT POLARFIRE DEV KIT-CB-13 - Immediate$33,263.44View Details
POLARFIRE ETHERNET SENSOR BRIDGEMPF200-ETH-SENSOR-BRIDGEPOLARFIRE ETHERNET SENSOR BRIDGE0 - Immediate$1,844.52View Details
POLARFIRE SOC FPGA ICICLE KITMPFS-ICICLE-KIT-ESPOLARFIRE SOC FPGA ICICLE KIT0 - ImmediateSee Page for PricingView Details

ICs

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
IC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGAMPFS250T-FCSG536IIC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGA41 - Immediate$522.33View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 1152FCBGAMPFS250T-1FCG1152IIC SOC RISC-V 1152FCBGA25 - Immediate$699.07View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 484FCBGAMPFS250T-FCVG484EIC SOC RISC-V 484FCBGA30 - Immediate$454.07View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGAMPFS250T-FCSG536EIC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGA41 - Immediate$474.84View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 484FCBGAMPFS250T-FCVG484IIC SOC RISC-V 484FCBGA61 - Immediate$499.50View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGAMPFS250T-1FCVG784EIC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGA1 - Immediate$574.49View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGAMPFS250TL-FCVG784EIC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGA2 - Immediate$626.71View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGAMPFS250T-1FCVG784IIC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGA4 - Immediate$626.72View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 1152FCBGAMPFS250T-1FCG1152EIC SOC RISC-V 1152FCBGA4 - Immediate$640.81View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 1152FCBGAMPFS250T-FCG1152IIC SOC RISC-V 1152FCBGA9 - Immediate$640.80View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 484FCBGAMPFS250TL-FCVG484IIC SOC RISC-V 484FCBGA0 - Immediate$590.34View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGAMPFS250TL-FCSG536EIC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGA2 - Immediate$569.81View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGAMPFS250TS-FCVG784IIC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGA0 - Immediate$678.96View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGAMPFS250TL-FCVG784IIC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGA2 - Immediate$678.96View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 1152FCBGAMPFS250TL-FCG1152EIC SOC RISC-V 1152FCBGA2 - Immediate$699.09View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 484FCBGAMPFS250TLS-FCVG484IIC SOC RISC-V 484FCBGA1 - Immediate$635.75View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGAMPFS250TS-FCSG536IIC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGA2 - Immediate$617.29View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGAMPFS250TL-FCSG536IIC SOC RISC-V 536LFBGA21 - Immediate$617.29View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGAMPFS250TLS-FCVG784IIC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGA4 - Immediate$731.16View Details
IC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGAMPFS250TS-1FCVG784IIC SOC RISC-V 784FCBGA0 - Immediate$731.17View Details
Published: 2022-09-20

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