SoC FPGA Family Altera SoC FPGAs integrate an Arm-based hard processor system (HPS) consisting of processors, peripherals, and memory interfaces with the FPGA fabric using a high-bandwidth interconnect backbone. The devices combine the performance and power savings of hard intellectual property (IP) with the flexibility of programmable logic. These user-customizable Arm-based SoC FPGAs are ideal for reducing system power, cost, and board size by integrating discrete processors and digital signal processing (DSP) functions into a single FPGA. They differentiate the end product with custom hardware and software and add support for virtually any interface standard or protocol in the FPGA.