FND-07 - Altera® Hyperflex® Optimization Workshop - 2 Days - Enroll Now This course provides a comprehensive understanding of how to create and optimize FPGA design logic to take full advantage of the Hyperflex® architecture found in all Agilex® series and Stratix® 10 FPGAs. Participants begin with a deep dive into the Hyperflex® architecture and the Altera® Quartus® Prime Pro Edition tool flow that targets it, then move through coding style guidelines that maximize the use of Hyper-Registers — the key building block for achieving maximum design performance. The learning plan concludes with advanced retiming and optimization strategies for the most demanding, timing constrained designs. Hands-on lab exercises accompany every topic area, ensuring that participants gain practical experience applying each technique to real design examples using the same tools and flows used in production environments. Course Content: 1. Course Introduction and Lab Environment Setup 2. FPGA Architecture Overview: From Stratix 10 to Agilex FPGAs 3. The Hyperflex Architecture: Routing Registers and the Hyper-Register 4. Altera Quartus Prime Pro Edition Tool Flow Overview 5. Understanding the Hyper-Aware Compilation Flow 6. Introduction to the Hyper-Retimer 7. RTL Coding Styles for Hyperflex: Principles and Anti Patterns 8. Hyper-Pipelining: Inserting Registers at Routing Boundaries 9. Coding for Maximum Hyper-Register Inference 10. Avoiding Combinational Loops and Long Critical Paths in RTL 11. Arithmetic Optimization: Pipelined Adders, Multipliers, and DSP Blocks 12. Memory Interface Coding Guidelines for Hyperflex Devices 13. SDC Timing Constraints: Clock Definitions, I/O, and Multicycle Paths 14. Running the Hyper-Retimer: Settings, Modes, and Expected Outcomes 15. Reading and Interpreting Timing Reports in Quartus Pro 16. Identifying Critical Path Bottlenecks Using the Timing Analyzer GUI 17. Using the Chip Planner and Logic Lock Regions for Placement Guidance 18. Incremental Compilation and Rapid Timing Iteration 19, Advanced Retiming: Manual Hyper-Register Insertion Strategies 20. Resolving Fanout and High Fanout Register Problems 21. Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) Design and Verification for Hyperflex 22. Design Partitioning for Hyperflex: Hierarchical Optimization 23. System Level Pipeline Balancing Across IP and Custom Logic 24. Power Optimization in Hyperflex Designs 25. High Level Synthesis (HLS) Targeting Hyperflex: Intel oneAPI and Altera HLS Compiler 26. Using Platform Designer IP with Hyperflex Optimized Subsystems 27.Debugging Timing Failures: Root Cause Analysis Methodology 28. Review: End-to-End Hyperflex Optimization 29. Design Review and Best Practices Summary 30. Course Wrap Up, Q&A, and Further Learning Resources Prerequisites: - Solid understanding of digital logic design and synchronous design principles - Working knowledge of VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL coding - Familiarity with FPGA design flows (synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis) - Basic experience using Altera Quartus Prime (Standard or Pro Edition) Recommended: Experience with timing constraints (SDC format) Exposure to pipelining and retiming concepts Familiarity with Altera FPGA device families (Arria®, Stratix, or Agilex series) Tools Required: - Altera Quartus® Prime Pro Edition - Questa (ModelSim-Altera) - Altera Platform Designer - Altera Timing Analyzer (TimeQuest) - Python - Visual Studio Code Course code: FND-07. FA_HYPER.