DSP

Altera's digital signal processing (DSP) intellectual property (IP) cores and reference designs provide efficient solutions for common DSP applications.  Go to our end-market web pages for application examples.

Product Name	Solution Type	Supported Devices	SOPC Builder Ready	Qsys Compliant	Provider
Reed-Solomon Compiler, Encoder	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
Reed-Solomon Compiler, Decoder	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
Viterbi Compiler, High-Speed Parallel Decoder	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
Viterbi Compiler, Low-Speed/Hybrid Serial Decoder	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
CIC Compiler	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
FIR Compiler	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
Video and Image Processing Suite	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX			Altera
Numerically Controlled Oscillator Compiler	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
FFT/IFFT	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
IP Base Suite	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V GS, Stratix V E, Arria V GZ, Arria V SX, Arria V ST, Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Arria II GZ, Arria II GX, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
JPEG Decoder (BA115)	IP Core	Stratix, Stratix GX, Stratix II, Stratix II GX, Stratix III L, Stratix III E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone, Cyclone II, Cyclone III, Cyclone III LS, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
Multi-Channel HD/DCI JPEG 2000 Decoder (BA109)	IP Core	Stratix III L, Stratix III E, EP4E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
Multi-Channel HD/DCI JPEG 2000 Encoder (BA110)	IP Core	Stratix III L, Stratix III E, EP4E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
DisplayPort Receiver	IP Core	Arria II GX, Stratix IV GX, Stratix II GX	-	-	BiTEC
V-by-One HS	IP Core	Arria II GX, Stratix IV GX, Stratix II GX	-	-	BiTEC
C32025 Digital Signal Processor	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
C32025TX Digital Signal Processor Core	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
Triple DES Encryption	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm) Processor	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
SHA-256 (Secure Hash Algorithm) Processor	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
Data Encryption Standard (DES)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
H.264 HD Baseline Video Encoder	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III	-	-	CAST, Inc.
JPEG Codec (JPEG-C)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
JPEG Decoder (JPEG-D)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
JPEG Encoder (JPEG-E)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
JPEG 2000 Encoder (JPEG2K E)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
JPEG LS Encoder	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
Lossless JPEG Decoder	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
Lossless JPEG Encoder	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
Video Deinterlacer (VDINT)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
HD Display Controller (DISPLAY CTRL)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
SpeedView Enabled JPEG Encoder (SVE-JPEG-E)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
2D Forward Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
2D Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform (IDCT)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
AES Codec (AES C)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
AES Programmable Codec (AES P)	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	CAST, Inc.
DVB T Modulator	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II	-	-	Commsonic
DVB S2 Modulator	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II	-	-	Commsonic
Multi-Channel Cable (QAM) Modulator	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II	-	-	Commsonic
ATSC 8-VSB Modulator	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II	-	-	Commsonic
High-Speed AES Encryption/Decryption Cores	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II	-	-	D'Crypt Pte. Ltd.
DFPMU Floating Point Mathematics Unit	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix		-	Digital Core Design
Floating Point Pipelined Multiplier Unit	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix	-		Digital Core Design
Floating Point Arithmetic Coprocessor	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix			Digital Core Design
Digital IF Receiver	IP Core	Stratix III E, Stratix II	-	-	Nova Engineering, Inc.
Digital Modulator	IP Core	Stratix III E, Stratix II	-	-	Nova Engineering, Inc.
Linear Feedback Shift Register	IP Core	Stratix III E, Stratix II	-	-	Nova Engineering, Inc.
D/AVE 3D	IP Core	Cyclone III, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV E, Arria II GX, Stratix III E		-	TES Electronic Solutions
TC1000 WiMAX	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix	-	-	TurboConcept
Turbo Convolutional Decoder	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Cyclone II, Stratix II	-	-	TurboConcept
Turbo Product Code Decoder TC3400	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix	-	-	TurboConcept
3GPP/LTE CTC Decoder TC7000LTE	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix	-	-	TurboConcept
2D Forward & Inverse Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT_FI)	IP Core	Cyclone, Stratix, Cyclone II, Stratix II	-	-	CAST, Inc.
JPEG Extended Encoder (12-bit)	IP Core	Cyclone III, Cyclone IV GX, Stratix II, Stratix III E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV E	-	-	CAST, Inc.
H.264 Main / Baseline Profile Encoder	IP Core	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III, Arria II GX, Stratix IV GX, EP3S	-	-	EyeLytics
D/AVE 2D	IP Core	Cyclone III, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV E, Stratix III E, Arria II GX	-	-	TES Electronics Solutions
Reed Solomon Encoder / Decoder II	IP Core	Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Arria II GZ, Arria II GX, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E	-	-	Altera
FIR Compiler II	IP Core	Arria V GX, Arria V GT, Cyclone V SX, Cyclone V ST, Cyclone V SE, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Stratix V E, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Arria II GZ, Arria II GX, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
JPEG Encoder (BA116)	IP Core	Stratix, Stratix GX, Stratix II, Stratix II GX, Stratix III L, Stratix III E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone, Cyclone II, Cyclone III, Cyclone III LS, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
Sub-frame Latency JPEG 2000 Encoder (BA130)	IP Core	Stratix III L, Stratix III E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
Sub-frame Latency JPEG 2000 Decoder (BA129)	IP Core	Stratix III L, Stratix III E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
Multi-Purpose AES Crypto Engine (BA411E)	IP Core	Stratix III L, Stratix III E, EP4E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone III LS, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
DES/3DES Encoder / Decoder (BA412)	IP Core	Stratix III L, Stratix III E, EP4E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone III LS, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
Hashing IP Core (BA413)	IP Core	Stratix III L, Stratix III E, EP4E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone III LS, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
Public Key Crypto Engine (BA414E)	IP Core	Stratix III L, Stratix III E, EP4E, Stratix IV GX, Stratix IV GT, Stratix V E, Stratix V GS, Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Cyclone III LS, Cyclone IV E, Cyclone IV GX, Arria II GX, Arria II GZ	-	-	Barco Silex
CCIR-656 Decoder	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix	-	-	Adaptive Micro-Ware, Inc.
CCIR-656 Encoder	IP Core	Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Stratix	-	-	Adaptive Micro-Ware, Inc.
Multi-Channel ATSC 8-VSB Modulator	IP Core	Stratix V GX, Stratix V GT, Arria V GX, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, Cyclone II	-	-	Commsonic
Multimedia Video Processing Library	IP Core	-	-	-	Macnica Americas
Floating Point Megafunctions	Megafunction	Arria V GX, Arria V GZ, Cyclone V GX, Stratix V GX, Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone III LS, Stratix IV GX, HardCopy IV GX, HardCopy IV E, HardCopy III, Stratix III E, Cyclone III, Stratix II GX, Arria GX, HardCopy II, Cyclone II, Stratix II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX	-	-	Altera
Drive-on-a-Chip Motor Control Reference Design	Reference Design	Cyclone IV GX, Cyclone V GX, Cyclone V GT, 5CE	-		Altera
4K Upscaling Video Conversion Reference Design	Reference Design	Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX	-	-	Altera
Multi-output scaler	Reference Design	Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX	-		Altera
DFT/IDFT Reference Design for 3GPP LTE	Reference Design	Stratix III E, Stratix II	-	-	Altera
Automotive Graphics System Reference Design	Reference Design	Cyclone II, Cyclone	-	-	Altera
Video Processing Reference Design	Reference Design	Cyclone III	-		Altera
Video Over IP Reference Design	Reference Design	Cyclone II, Cyclone, Stratix, Stratix GX		-	Altera
Crest Factor Reduction Reference Design	Reference Design	-	-	-	Altera
Format Conversion Reference Design V2	Reference Design	Stratix IV GX, Arria II GX		-	Altera
High Definition Video (UDX) Reference Design	Reference Design	Stratix IV GX			Altera

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