Specifications
Model
Critical Link MitySOM-A5E
Product Type
System-on-module family on Altera Agilex 5 FPGA
FPGA / SoC
Altera Agilex 5
Logic Density
Up to 656KLE of FPGA fabric
Processor Cores
Dual Arm Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A76 hard processor cores
AI Acceleration
AI-optimised DSP tensor blocks rated up to 26 TOPS
Transceivers
24 high-speed transceivers
Memory
Dual banks of RAM
Interfaces
Wide range of user-facing interfaces for carrier-board design
Security
CRA-ready with secure boot, tamper proofing and device/identity keys
Form Factors
Production-ready SOMs in several form factors and configurations
Demonstration
Shown in a Holoscan Sensor Bridge demo processing five camera feeds at ultra-low latency
Target Applications
Robotics, medical imaging and other edge AI workloads
Lifecycle
Industrial long-lifecycle supply supported by Critical Link
Overview
The Critical Link MitySOM-A5E is a system-on-module family built on the Altera Agilex 5 FPGA. It combines up to 656KLE of FPGA fabric with dual Arm Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A76 hard processor cores, 24 high-speed transceivers and dual banks of RAM, and is offered in several production-ready form factors and configurations.
The module's relevance to edge AI comes from its DSP tensor blocks, which Critical Link rates at up to 26 TOPS. That puts hardware-accelerated inference directly in the FPGA fabric rather than behind a discrete accelerator, which matters where deterministic latency and tightly coupled sensor processing are the requirement. Critical Link demonstrated the family in a Holoscan Sensor Bridge configuration processing five camera feeds at ultra-low latency for robotics and medical use cases.
Security is addressed at the module level with CRA-ready features including secure boot, tamper proofing and device/identity keys — a set that aligns with the EU Cyber Resilience Act obligations now facing connected industrial products. The MitySOM-A5E sits alongside the MitySOM-QC6490 (Qualcomm Dragonwing QCS6490) and MitySOM-AM62x/A/P (TI Sitara AM62x/A/P) families in Critical Link's portfolio, all backed by the company's long-lifecycle supply model.
Key Benefits
Up to 656KLE of Altera Agilex 5 fabric with dual Cortex-A55 and Cortex-A76 cores delivers FPGA flexibility with application-class processing. 26 TOPS from AI-optimised DSP tensor blocks puts inference acceleration inside the fabric. 24 high-speed transceivers and dual RAM banks support sensor- and camera-heavy carrier designs. CRA-ready security with secure boot, tamper proofing and device/identity keys addresses regulatory requirements for connected products. Proven in a five-camera Holoscan Sensor Bridge demo at ultra-low latency for robotics and medical workloads.
Applications
Robotics and multi-camera sensor fusion, medical imaging and diagnostics, industrial machine vision, deterministic ultra-low-latency inference, defence and aerospace processing, and carrier-board designs that need FPGA fabric plus hardened Linux application cores.
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