Quantum Computing - Design Pages {"description":"Altera is advancing the era of Quantum Computing with hardware and software solutions that enable precise, real-time qubit manipulation and adaptive feedback, enabling the scaling of lab prototypes to commercial platforms for powering breakthroughs in research, optimization, and quantum-enabled AI. ","keywords":"Quantum Computing","robots":"index, follow","title":"Quantum Computing"} Overview Altera is advancing the era of Quantum Computing with hardware and software solutions that enable precise, real-time qubit manipulation and adaptive feedback, enabling the scaling of lab prototypes to commercial platforms for powering breakthroughs in research, optimization, and quantum-enabled AI. Along with the ultra-low latency required for Qubit control and Quantum Error Correction to be useful, Altera FPGAs provide the reconfigurability to interface with classical computing and evolve with emerging quantum architectures for reliable, high-performance operation. Altera offers a range of FPGA-based solutions for quantum computing: Fully integrated solutions: Save Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) using Altera Direct RF-Series FPGAs and SoCs withfully integrated ADCs/DACs. 5x higher RF performance vs. competing integrated devices Partially integrated solutions: Agilex portfolio of FPGAs and SoCs combined with third-party discrete ADCs/DACs available on industry-standard SoM form factors. 2x higher FPGA fabric performance per watt vs. competing FPGAs High-Performance Accelerators: Production-grade FPGA-based SmartNICs and DPUs providing increased host system performance and effectiveness for better error detection/correction processing. Accelerating Innovators to Shape What’s Next in Quantum Computing Enable Deterministic, Real-time Qubit Control at Scale Altera offers a variety of solutions with the Agilex® portfolio of FPGAs and SoCs to control Quantum Computing platforms with unmatched speed, precision, and flexibility. Request Reference Design Explore Quantum Computing Reference Architectures Reference Designs Reference Designs Solution Name Description Reference Design Tuning & Configuration of ADC/DAC channels The design includes a GUI to tune ADCs and DACs for qubit control, readout, and telemetry using the integrated 40-64Gsps data converters. Solution Brief Request Access to Reference Design Multi-Device Timing Synchronization Use this design to enable deterministic, low-latency communication between ADC and DAC nodes, ensuring consistent and repeatable timing for control pulses and readout signals. Deterministic behavior maintains phase alignment, enabling scalable & logical-qubits synchronization for fast feedback on qubit reset, calibration, and error mitigation. Solution Brief Request Access to Reference Design AXI streaming crossbar This design offers 24 Tx/Rx AXI-streaming channels for high-throughput, low-latency data exchange between high-speed ports. Parallel streaming enables scalable data paths for concurrent qubit operations and real-time feedback loops. Solution Brief Request Access to Reference Design IP Intellectual Property (IP) Solution Name Description Documentation Error detection and correction IPs Codes for improving the quality of processed data by quantum control, readout, and host hardware. Reed-Solomon, Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC), Polar, Turbo, etc. Contact Altera to request access and further details. High-speed interfaces High-performance interface IPs are needed for transferring data between quantum control and readout hardware, the Qubit array, and the host system. Industry standards such as PCIe 5.0/6.0, CXL, 10-800 Ethernet, 100G Linear Pluggable Optics, 116G PAM4, etc. Options for proprietary interfaces to connect to GPUs, CPUs, and ASICs. Contact Altera to request access and further details. IPs optimized for Altera FPGAs are used as building blocks for designing high-performance, low-latency hardware, resulting in faster feedback loops, faster error detection and correction, and higher quality data. Development Hardware Development Hardware Device Family Development Kit / Platform Key Capabilities Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series FPGAs and SoCs Agilex 9 Wideband (AGRW014) Development Kit 4x integrated ADC/DAC channels Ideal for readout hardware needing compact RF prototyping with a 4-channel 64 GSPS ADC/DAC and up to 400 Gbps connectivity. Agilex 9 Wideband (AGRW027) Development Kit 8x integrated ADC/DAC channels Ideal for readout hardware needing high-density RF systems with an 8-channel 64 GSPS ADC/DAC and up to 800 Gbps connectivity. Agilex 9 Medium-band (AGRM027) Development Kit Ideal for control hardware where up to 16 integrated ADC/DAC channels with 14-bit resolution are combined with a 2.7 M logic element density FPGA, providing precise RF pulses with high fidelity to control several qubits at once. Partner boards based on Agilex 9 Direct RF-Series FPGAs and SoCs Production-grade hardware options based on the integrated ADC/DAC FPGAs available in additional form factors, including SoM, OpenVPX, etc., for quick deployment in Quantum control systems. Agilex 7 FPGAs Partner boards based on Agilex 7 FPGAs and SoCs, F-Series or I-Series devices Browse through a selection of production-grade SmartNICs and DPUs that are ideal for accelerating quantum error correction/detection algorithms and include high-speed interfaces for connecting to other quantum hardware. Documentation Documentation Title Description Agilex 9 SoC FPGA Direct RF-Series Wideband Product Brief This product brief introduces the Altera Wideband Direct RF-Series FPGA Devices, engineered to deliver high-performance RF signal processing at the edge. Agilex 9 SoC FPGA Direct RF-Series Medium-band Product Brief This product brief showcases the Altera Agilex™ 9 Direct RF medium-band FPGA with a composable system solution built for RF apps up to C-band frequencies. Direct RF-Series FPGAs and SoCs Product Table The Direct RF-Series FPGAs and SoCs of the Agilex™ 9 and Stratix® 10 device families. Agilex 7 FPGAs and SoCs Product Brief This product brief provides an overview on Agilex™ 7 FPGAs, highest performance FPGAs ideal for the most bandwidth- and compute-intensive applications. Agilex 7 FPGAs and SoCs Device Overview Agilex 7 FPGAs and SoCs deliver up to 50% higher core performance or up to 40% lower power over previous generation high-performance FPGAs. Agilex 7 FPGAs and SoCs Device Datasheet: F-Series and I-Series The Agilex 7 FPGAs and SoCs F-Series and I-Series device data sheet covers the electrical characteristics, switching characteristics, configuration specifications, and timing specifications for the devices. Resources