Hercules Micro provides heterogeneous programmable chips that combine FPGA fabric with CPUs, MCUs, memory, ASIC blocks, and AI accelerators on a single die. Using its proprietary FX EDA suite, designers can rapidly synthesize, integrate IP, and verify designs for applications ranging from consumer electronics to video processing, industrial control, and communications infrastructure, reducing development time, NRE costs, and bill‑of‑materials.
Funding
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Problem
Designers of electronic systems often face long development cycles, high non‑recurring engineering costs, and limited flexibility when using separate CPU, ASIC, or traditional FPGA components for diverse applications such as consumer electronics, video processing, industrial control, and communications infrastructure.
Solution
Hercules Micro offers a family of heterogeneous programmable chips (HME‑H, HME‑P, HME‑R, HME‑M) that integrate FPGA fabric with CPU, MCU, memory, ASIC, and AI accelerators on a single silicon die. The unified architecture enables software‑driven reconfiguration and hardware‑level customization, allowing a single device to serve multiple market segments and reduce bill‑of‑materials. Customers program the devices using the in‑house FX (福晞) EDA suite, which provides high‑level synthesis, IP integration, and debugging tools. By delivering evaluation boards, IP libraries, and comprehensive technical support, Hercules Micro helps users accelerate time‑to‑market, lower NRE expenses, and extend product lifecycles while maintaining high reliability and performance.
Target Audience
Primary customers are semiconductor design teams and OEM engineers developing products for consumer electronics, video and imaging systems, industrial automation, and telecommunications infrastructure.
Features
- Integrated FPGA fabric combined with CPU, MCU, memory, ASIC blocks, and AI inference units for true heterogeneous computing
- FX (福晞) proprietary EDA software for rapid high‑level synthesis, IP integration, and design verification
- Extensive IP catalog (e.g., Ethernet MAC, USB 2.0, CAN 2.0, DDR/SDR controllers, DSP, video/image processing, AES encryption) available for direct inclusion
- Evaluation board and download tools that enable quick prototyping and hardware validation
- Support for multiple industry standards (PCIe, LVDS, HDMI, AHB/APB bridges, GPIO, UART 16550, I2C, SPI, etc.) to simplify system integration
- Scalable design across four product families targeting high‑end data‑center/AI, edge AI (AiPGA), consumer/video/industrial (HPU), and embedded FPGA (eFPGA) applications