Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide

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1. Answers to Top FAQs 2. Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator 3. Estimating Power Consumption with the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator 4. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface 5. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages 6. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the Intel® FPGA PTC 7. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive 8. Document Revision History for the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide A. Measuring Static Power
2. Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator x
2.1. Accessing the Intel FPGA Power and Thermal Calculators 2.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Power Model Status 2.3. Definitions of Power Terms Used in this Document
3. Estimating Power Consumption with the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator x
3.1. Estimating Power Before Starting the FPGA Design 3.2. Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design 3.3. Estimating Power After Completing the FPGA Design 3.4. Using Design Hierarchies in the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator 3.5. Estimating Power for Dual-Core Devices
3.2. Estimating Power While Creating the FPGA Design x
3.2.1. Importing a .qptc File Generated in the Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer
3.4. Using Design Hierarchies in the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator x
3.4.1. Entering Hierarchy Information Into the Intel® FPGA PTC 3.4.2. Exporting, Importing, Duplicating, Renaming, and Deleting Hierarchies in the Intel® FPGA PTC
4. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface x
4.1. Intel® FPGA PTC Select Family Dialog Box 4.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components 4.3. Deleting Rows from Data Entry Pages 4.4. Intel® FPGA PTC - IP Wizard
4.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Primary GUI Components x
4.2.1. Intel® FPGA PTC Data Entry Pages 4.2.2. Intel® FPGA PTC Hierarchy Manager 4.2.3. Intel® FPGA PTC Field Types 4.2.4. Intel® FPGA PTC Data Entry Error Messages
4.2.3. Intel® FPGA PTC Field Types x
4.2.3.1. Intel® FPGA PTC Input Field Dependencies
5. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages x
5.1. Intel® FPGA PTC - Power Summary/Navigation 5.2. Intel® FPGA PTC - Common Page Elements 5.3. Intel® FPGA PTC - Main Page 5.4. Intel® FPGA PTC - Logic Page 5.5. Intel® FPGA PTC - RAM Page 5.6. Intel® FPGA PTC - DSP Page 5.7. Intel® FPGA PTC - Clock Page 5.8. Intel® FPGA PTC - PLL Page 5.9. Intel® FPGA PTC - I/O Page 5.10. Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page 5.11. Intel® FPGA PTC - HPS Page 5.12. Intel® FPGA PTC - Crypto Page 5.13. Intel FPGA PTC - NOC Page 5.14. Intel® FPGA PTC - HBM Page 5.15. Intel® FPGA PTC - Thermal Page 5.16. Intel® FPGA PTC - Report Page
5.3. Intel® FPGA PTC - Main Page x
5.3.1. Intel® FPGA PTC - Device Selection and Thermal Analysis Windows
5.10. Intel® FPGA PTC - Transceiver Page x
5.10.1. Estimating E-Tile Channel PLL Power with the Intel Power and Thermal Calculator
6. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the Intel® FPGA PTC x
6.1. Toggle Rate 6.2. I/O Bank Allocation
1. Answers to Top FAQs
2. Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator
3. Estimating Power Consumption with the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator
4. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Graphical User Interface
5. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator Pages
6. Factors Affecting the Accuracy of the Intel® FPGA PTC
7. Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide Archive
8. Document Revision History for the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator User Guide
A. Measuring Static Power

2. Overview of the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator

This document describes how to use the Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator (PTC). The Intel® FPGA PTC estimates your design's power consumption and provides thermal design parameters for Intel® Agilex™ 7 and Intel® Stratix® 10 devices.1 The Intel® FPGA PTC allows early analysis of the factors contributing to FPGA power consumption, allowing you to adjust your design for greater power and thermal efficiency.

Device support for Intel Agilex® 7 M-series FPGAs and SoCs in the Power and Thermal Calculator version 23.1 is restricted. To enable M-series device support in your instance of the Power and Thermal Calculator, contact your regional Intel FPGA sales representative.

Figure 1.  Intel® FPGA Power and Thermal Calculator


Key abilities of the Intel® FPGA PTC include:

  • Estimate the power consumption of your design before creating , and at various stages during the design process.
  • Determine preliminary thermal assessments of your design.
  • Section data input and results along hierarchical boundaries to view and improve power consumption per design hierarchy.
  • Export, import, and reuse Intel® FPGA PTC data for a particular design hierarchy.
Note: Intel® FPGA PTC results are an estimate of power consumption and thermal properties, not an exact specification of actual consumption during device operation. You must verify the actual power consumption during device operation because actual consumption is impacted by the device and design input signals. Refer to Measuring Static Power for information on how to measure device static power in a way that correlates with the way that Intel® FPGA PTC reports static power.

Once your design is ready to compile, switch to the Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer for more accurate power analysis results. The Intel® Quartus® Prime Power Analyzer produces more accurate results because the Compiler generates more detailed information about your design that influences the analysis tool, such as routing and configuration information that impact power consumption.


Section Content
Accessing the Intel FPGA Power and Thermal Calculators
Intel FPGA PTC Power Model Status
Definitions of Power Terms Used in this Document

1 The Intel® FPGA PTC does not support Intel® Arria® 10, Intel® Cyclone® 10, and earlier devices. Use the corresponding Early Power Estimator for these devices.
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