At Embedded World 2026, Altera’s Agilex™ 5 Holoscan Sensor Bridge solution received a Best-in-Show Award, underscoring the growing importance of real-time sensor-to-AI data pipelines in modern edge systems.
This architecture is enabled in part by Terasic’s FPGA-based sensor bridge platforms, purpose-built to handle high-bandwidth sensor I/O and deterministic data transport — two critical challenges not efficiently addressed by GPU-centric systems alone.
Bridging Sensors to AI Compute — Deterministically
Terasic’s platforms position the FPGA directly in the data path between sensors and AI compute systems.
On platforms such as the DE25-Standard (Agilex™ 5 SoC FPGA), high-resolution image data is ingested directly from MIPI CSI-2 sensors into the FPGA fabric. The data is then processed and packetized in hardware, and streamed over 10GbE with deterministic, low-latency behavior into the AI compute platform.
By offloading sensor interfacing, data aggregation, and networking to the FPGA, the compute system is freed to focus on AI inference and application-level processing.
Scalable Architecture from 10GbE to 200GbE
The same sensor bridge architecture scales across Terasic’s portfolio — from 10GbE platforms based on Agilex™ 5, to higher-bandwidth systems supporting 100GbE and up to 200GbE using Stratix® 10-class devices.
This scalability enables system designers to match bandwidth and latency requirements across a wide range of applications, from single-sensor edge devices to multi-sensor, high-throughput systems.
Enabling Real-World Edge AI Systems
This architecture is particularly relevant for applications where latency, bandwidth, and determinism are critical, including:
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Medical imaging and real-time surgical systems |
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Industrial vision and automated inspection |
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Robotics and autonomous systems |
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Intelligent transportation and infrastructure |
By separating sensor transport from AI processing, Terasic’s FPGA-based approach enables more predictable performance, improved system scalability, and faster integration of multi-sensor pipelines.
About Terasic Sensor Bridge Solutions
Terasic provides a complete range of FPGA-based sensor bridge platforms, enabling system designers to scale from 10GbE to 200GbE based on application requirements.
These platforms integrate high-speed sensor interfaces, FPGA-based data processing, and Ethernet-based streaming, enabling efficient sensor aggregation and deterministic data transport for real-time AI systems.
Terasic also offers system-level design expertise to support development from prototyping to production deployment.
Platform Portfolio
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