14. High-Performance Symmetric Cryptographic Accelerator in Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs F-Series and I-Series - Select Agilex 7 FPGAs contain multiple instances of the Symmetric Cryptographic Accelerator (SCA). The 200 Gbps half-duplex SCA consists of hardened logic that performs both encryption and decryption functions in a single circuit. The SCAs reside in the top and bottom periphery of the device next to the I/O cells. - 2026-03-07

Agilex™ 7 FPGAs and SoCs Device Overview

Select Agilex™ 7 FPGAs contain multiple instances of the Symmetric Cryptographic Accelerator (SCA). The 200 Gbps half-duplex SCA consists of hardened logic that performs both encryption and decryption functions in a single circuit. The SCAs reside in the top and bottom periphery of the device next to the I/O cells.

The SCA supports these encryption standards:

AES standard, used worldwide
SM4 standard, used primarily in China

The SCA supports these different modes of operation:

Galois counter mode (GCM)
XTS mode, built on top of XOR-encrypt-XOR

The Ethernet MACsec soft IP supports each SCA, providing a complete MACsec solution for 100 Gbps full-duplex or 200 Gbps half-duplex throughput rates. You can also use the SCA with a third-party or your own IPsec soft IP.