ORCHID
RCHD-PF - Polarfire System on Module
Orchid System on Module featuring Microchip PolarFire® SoC FPGA
667 MHz 5 core RISC-V processor, 23 K to 254 K logic elements FPGA
RCHD-PF
High Performance
System on module
- 5 core RISC-V 667 MHz
- FPGA up to 254K logic elements
- up to 8GB RAM
- up to 64GB eMMC
- High speed IO
- Numerous buses and interfaces
- Real-time signal processing
- Evaluation board available
Compact System on Module based on Microchip PolarFire® SoC FPGA
- 667 MHz RISC-V, 5 cores with real-time capability
- Microchip PolarFire® FPGA, from 23 K to 254 K logic elements
- Unique combination of RISC-V and FPGA on a single chip
- Rich connectivity, including high speed IO and 12.7 Gbit/s transceivers
- Real-time signal processing with hardware offload
Ideal for FPGA-specific
Highly scalable System-on-Module, capable of performant and extremely efficient digital signal processing.
Ideal for FPGA-specific loads like video processing, imaging, artificial intelligence, deep packet inspection, advanced sensor fusion, and Operational Technology systems supervision - all in real-time.


Evaluation board
Orchid is accompanied by an evaluation board that provides access to most of Orchid’s features in a standard PCIe card form factor.
RCHD-PF Orchid - Specification
SoC | Microchip PolarFire® FPGA SoC |
CPU Architecture |
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FPGA |
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Memory | LPDDR4 (512 MB, 1, 2, 4 or 8GB) 1600 MT/s |
Mass storage |
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Ethernet |
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PCIe | PCIe 2.0 up to x4 |
USB | 1x USB 2.0 OTG |
Debug |
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Software support |
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Additional features |
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Operating Temperature | –40 °C to 85 °C |
Power supply | single 3.3V 12A |
Dimensions | 65x45 mm |

RCHD-PFis applicable for
- Operational Technology and Industrial Control Systems
- Imaging and Video Processing
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Industrial Automation
- Automotive
- Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Aerospace and Defense
- Wireline Access Networks
- Cellular Infrastructure
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