Boost Aerospace System Performance with Ultra-Reliable FPGA IP Cores
Design Gateway’s aerospace-ready FPGA solutions are engineered for the most demanding environments—where radiation tolerance, signal integrity, and deterministic performance are mission-critical. Whether it’s satellite telemetry, onboard avionics, or secure communications, our IP cores ensure ultra-low latency and high throughput.
✅ Real-time data handling
✅ Proven reliability in harsh conditions
✅ Secure encryption for classified data transfer
IP Cores in Action
- NVMe-IP: Flight Data Recorder
- TCP/IP: Satellite Uplink & Downlink
- AES256XTS-IP: Military-grade Data Security
Aerospace Applications Use Cases for
Remote Storage with NVMeTCP IP Core
In the aerospace industry, where reliability, efficiency, and data integrity are paramount, Design Gateway’s NVMeTCP IP Core provides a breakthrough solution for remote storage integration over high-speed Ethernet. This IP core enables real-time offloading of mission-critical data from satellites or airborne systems directly to remote NVMe storage servers via 10G/25G Ethernet, eliminating the size, power, and thermal limitations of onboard SSDs.
For satellite ground stations, the NVMeTCP IP Core allows FPGA-based systems to stream downlinked data securely and efficiently to centralized storage—delivering scalability, low-latency performance, and simplified infrastructure. This not only boosts system reliability and flexibility but also ensures readiness for future payload expansion and longer missions.

Unleash Real-Time Aerospace Data Processing
Blazing-Fast FPGA Solution Records & Processes Space & Defense Data Instantly
Elevate your aerospace and defense systems with Design Gateway’s next-generation FPGA solution, engineered for real-time, ultra-high-speed data recording and processing at over 10GB/s. This cutting-edge reference design eliminates traditional CPU and OS bottlenecks by harnessing the raw processing power of FPGA hardware. It enables simultaneous NVMe recording and network-based diagnostics, delivering unmatched performance, reduced system complexity, and instantaneous data accessibility for mission-critical operations in space, satellite, and defense applications. Whether in-orbit payloads or ground-based telemetry, this solution empowers your team to analyze, react, and act faster than ever before.


Key Advantages
- 10GB/s+ NVMe SSD recording – Capture massive aerospace data with zero delay
- Simultaneous exFAT file reading over network – Enable real-time diagnostics and analytics
- No CPU or OS required – Drastically simplify architecture and reduce failure points
- Pre-built reference design available – Accelerate development and deployment
- Unlock full FPGA potential – Customize data processing pipelines for any aerospace mission
Industrial Applications Use Cases for
AES-GCM 100G IP Core
In space and defense-grade industrial applications, data security is mission-critical—especially when transferring high-throughput sensor, weather, or surveillance data between satellites and ground stations.
High Bandwidth & Secure Space-to-Ground Communication
Design Gateway’s AES-GCM 100G IP Core empowers FPGAs to encrypt and decrypt vast streams of sensitive data in real-time at up to 200 Gbps, ensuring confidentiality and integrity throughout the entire communication chain. Whether encrypting telemetry before satellite uplinks or decrypting downlinked data at ground stations, this IP core guarantees tamper-proof, low-latency protection with minimal resource overhead. By offloading encryption from CPUs and enabling FPGA-based cryptographic acceleration, it fortifies your system against intrusion while meeting today’s highest bandwidth demands in aerospace and industrial networks.


Securing Satellite Mesh Constellation Networks with Ultra-Fast FPGA Encryption
As satellite constellations power the future of global communication and internet services, maintaining secure, high-speed links between satellites is essential.
Design Gateway’s AES-GCM 100G IP Core provides the ideal solution for encrypting inter-satellite communications at 100 Gbps and beyond—all in real time and with ultra-low latency. Deployed on FPGA, this IP core ensures confidentiality, integrity, and resilience against side-channel attacks, while preserving the performance needed for mesh network architectures. From LEO satellite links to cross-constellation gateways, it delivers bulletproof encryption without CPU overhead, enabling trustworthy and uninterrupted data transmission across orbital networks.
Examples of DG’s IP Core Applications

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Success Stories & Application Example
Key Factors
- NVMe with PCIe Gen3 soft IP (NVMeG3-IP) to support FPGA which does not have PCIe hard IP
- PCIe switch option to support connecting both FPGA and GPU
- Reference design to shorten development time


Key Factors
- NVMe with PCIe Gen3 soft IP (NVMeG3-IP) to support FPGA which does not have PCIe hard IP
- PCIe switch option to support connecting both FPGA and GPU
- Reference design to shorten development time

