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The GPU
for Scalable Vector-Graphics User Interfaces
for FPGAs
for Scalable Vector-Graphics User Interfaces
for FPGAs
Fusion is a unique and integrated IP core for FPGAs or ASICs, powered by Coregraphix, which offers a GPU solution for Scalable Vector-Graphics User Interfaces (GUI).
Composed by a Hardware component targeting programmable logic, and a Software Library running on a CPU, it can be advantageously implemented on a SoC-FPGA device with Hardcore CPU or basic FPGA with a Softcore CPU.
Composed by a Hardware component targeting programmable logic, and a Software Library running on a CPU, it can be advantageously implemented on a SoC-FPGA device with Hardcore CPU or basic FPGA with a Softcore CPU.
Modern, UX oriented GUI solution
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Full-featured, Scalable Vector Graphics GUI solution
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Unified architecture for Fast and Easy FPGA system integration
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Unified API for Fast and Easy software application development
Scalable technology
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Low resource to high performance customer trade-off
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Small displays to ultra-high-resolution Displays
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Single core / multi-cores
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Multi-videos/multi-Displays
Performance at Low power
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100% hardware Vector-Graphics processing
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HMI co-processing compatible with Low-power, OS-free CPU
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Small resources (FPGA, memory)
Safety Critical oriented
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Certification oriented (white box, limited HW/SW code)
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Determinism
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Full support/maintenance
Technology Overview
Fusion IP embeds a consistent set of hardware accelerations to address the Display, Video and Graphics needs:
Display Controller, for the driving of display screen(s) from a plurality of heterogeneous Layers (bitmap, video or graphics).
Video Controller(s), for real-time video stream(s) pre-processing and capture producing the video Layers Refresh.
Vector-Graphics Renderer, for the processing of drawing commands producing the graphics Layers Refresh.
Fusion provides a Software Library and Application Program Interfaces (API) to run a customer GUI application on a CPU. Especially, the Atomic Scene Graph software solution takes advantage of the powerful graphics accelerator to address the modern 2D-graphics needs and can be easily interfaced to standard GUI frameworks (Qt, Arinc661...).
Display Overlay
Real-time Video
Vector-Graphics
Renderer (VGR)
Renderer (VGR)
Atomic Scene Graph
(ASG)
(ASG)
Fusion embeds a Multi-Layers Display Controller which makes intrinsically possible the decomposition of the end-customer Display HMI in several Layers with heterogeneous content such as real-time video, rendered graphics, still images…
The delegation of the final Layers composition to the display controller is a key feature of Fusion solution which allows drastically offloading the graphics rendering and makes possible real-time videos displaying without any graphics rendering bottleneck.
For Graphics Layers, the refresh of the content is governed by the Fusion built-in Vector-Graphics Renderer accelerator.
For Video Layers, the refresh of the content is governed by the Fusion built-in Real-time Video accelerator.
For Graphics Layers, the refresh of the content is governed by the Fusion built-in Vector-Graphics Renderer accelerator.
For Video Layers, the refresh of the content is governed by the Fusion built-in Real-time Video accelerator.
Key benefits of the Fusion implementation:
Ability to compose a high quantity of layers
Independence of Layers properties.
Graphics Layers: Independence of refresh rates
Video Layers: support from zero latency up to three frames latency.
2 offers for 2 needs
Fusion offers declines in 2 delivery packages:
Fusion-Video
Contains the Display Controller and Video Controller as well as their respective software APIs. Display HMI can be built from a plurality of Video and Bitmap Layers.
Given that Fusion Display Controller can compose a high number of Layers (in the limit of the available memory bandwidth), this may be a relevant solution when the HMI mostly contains still images and static texts.
Reminded that any Layer can be handled individually with a rich set of properties (visibility, position, size, transparency, ….) and in real-time, Fusion Video is a perfect solution to produce animated/fluid HMI with a strong User eXperience.
Given that Fusion Display Controller can compose a high number of Layers (in the limit of the available memory bandwidth), this may be a relevant solution when the HMI mostly contains still images and static texts.
Reminded that any Layer can be handled individually with a rich set of properties (visibility, position, size, transparency, ….) and in real-time, Fusion Video is a perfect solution to produce animated/fluid HMI with a strong User eXperience.
Fusion-GPU
This is the Full-features package including both Fusion Video and Graphics (VGR + ASG). This extends the Display HMI composition capability by means of Graphics Layers.
Reminding that each Graphics Layer contains its own Atomic Scene Graph which can be refreshed individually, this allows a natural decomposition of the Display scene into several Layers holding independent graphical widgets.
Reminding that each Graphics Layer contains its own Atomic Scene Graph which can be refreshed individually, this allows a natural decomposition of the Display scene into several Layers holding independent graphical widgets.
FPGA Resources
Fusion IP core is a versatile GPU with many configurations which let customers choosing the right tradeoff in-between FPGA Resources Vs Performance Vs Features.
On one side, Fusion can be integrated into the lowest-density FPGAs of the market targeting costeffective Display solutions.
On the other side, Fusion can address high resolution and multi Displays with performance and full-features HMIs with mid-density FPGAs.
The table below gives the typical FPGA resources utilization for a Altera Cyclone V. Resources for any other Altera device (MAX10, Arria, Stratix, Agilex…) can be easily extrapolated.
On one side, Fusion can be integrated into the lowest-density FPGAs of the market targeting costeffective Display solutions.
On the other side, Fusion can address high resolution and multi Displays with performance and full-features HMIs with mid-density FPGAs.
The table below gives the typical FPGA resources utilization for a Altera Cyclone V. Resources for any other Altera device (MAX10, Arria, Stratix, Agilex…) can be easily extrapolated.
Device
family
family
Product
ALM
(K)
(K)
Logic
Registers(K)
Registers(K)
Memory
(M10K)
(M10K)
DSP Blocks
(9x9,18x18 or 27x27)
(9x9,18x18 or 27x27)
Fmax
(Mhz)
(Mhz)
Cyclone V
Fusion Video
Fusion GPU
10-20
20-40
20-40
40-70
50-100
100-300
50
112
150
150
Offering Brief
Development
Language
Language
Status
Evaluation
Licensing Model
Hardware component
Software library
In Production
Yes
Prototyping / Development
Encrypted VHDL
Compiled C
Latest release: 3.13, November 2025
Software Evaluation, cf: Getting Started
Request at: sales@coregraphix.fr
Getting Started
Coregraphix provides a comprehensive Evaluation package to get started with Fusion GPU. This package targets the Terasic DE25_Nano board based on the Altera Agilex-5 SoC FPGA device.
It includes:
Evaluation Package User Manual
Fusion hardware programming file
Fusion Software package (Compiled C Library and API, Documentation, Applicative Examples)
Resources:
Title
version
date
download
Fusion_EvalKit
1.0
2025.12
link
References
Coregraphix, is a spin-off company of Imagem Technology (www.imagem-technology.com) created in 2019, to continue the IP cores activity started by Imagem Technology since 2004.
Coregraphix inherits 20 years of experience in the embedded Display systems and IP cores development.
The FUSION IP product takes its origin into the ATHLET IP product, the major Imagem Technology industrial success, which was licensed to Johnson Control (become Visteon) in 2008 and incorporated in more than 6 million car vehicles worldwide to date.
FUSION is the latest evolution of this product line. Enhanced step by step to become a full GPU solution and tailored for the latest FPGAs, it can address any market such as automotive, industrial, avionics, military...
The FUSION IP product takes its origin into the ATHLET IP product, the major Imagem Technology industrial success, which was licensed to Johnson Control (become Visteon) in 2008 and incorporated in more than 6 million car vehicles worldwide to date.
FUSION is the latest evolution of this product line. Enhanced step by step to become a full GPU solution and tailored for the latest FPGAs, it can address any market such as automotive, industrial, avionics, military...
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