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Virtex-6 FPGAs

Lowest Power High-Performance FPGAs

• The Virtex®-6 FPGA family is the high-performance silicon foundation for Targeted Design Platforms. Consuming 50% lower power and delivering 20% lower cost than the previous generation, the new family is built with the right mix of programmability, integrated blocks for DSP, memory, and connectivity support - including high-speed transceiver capabilities - to satisfy the insatiable demand for higher bandwidth and higher performance.
• Achieve a one speed-grade performance gain with second-generation ExpressFabric™ technology, 600 MHz clocking technology and performance-tuned IP blocks
• Build high-bandwidth interfaces for DDR3 memory with flexible SelectIO™ technology
• Accelerate DSP performance with DSP48E1 slices
• Advanced 40nm process, architecture, tools, and system level optimizations reduce core power by 30%
• Low-voltage option increases power savings by 50% without significant performance penalties
• Enhanced SelectIO technology reduces I/O power by up to 50%
• Choose between two varieties of low-power serial transceivers offering bandwidth in excess of 11 Gbps
• Implement widely-used interfaces with second-generation integrated PCI Express blocks and third-generation Tri-mode Ethernet MAC blocks

Superior Connectivity Capabilities

• 25% lower power consumption: <150mW (typ) at 6.5Gbps
• Up to 36 GTX transceivers in a single FPGA
• Highly flexible clocking enables independent Rx and Tx operation to effectively double the number of transceivers available for certain applications
• Obtain assured compliance with popular standards such as 10/40/100G Ethernet, PCI Express,OC-48, XAUI, SRIO, and HD-SDI
• Second-generation integrated PCI Express blocks and third-generation Tri-mode Ethernet MAC blocks make it easy to implement popular interfaces
• Accelerate development with connectivity kit for Virtex-6 FPGAs
• Integrate multiple functions into a single PCIe®-enabled (Gen1 and Gen2) FPGA supporting x1, x2, x4, and x8

Superior IO Architecture And Memory Interface Capabilities

• ChipSync™ source-synchronous technology makes it easy to meet the toughest timing requirements for industry-standard and custom protocols
• Reduce power with dynamically controlled three-statable digitally controlled impedance
• Built-in support for DDR3 memory 
  • Write leveling 
  • Dynamic clock inversion control 
  • Low jitter performance path clocking
• Memory Interface Generator tool makes it easy to build reliable interfaces to the latest high-performance memories, including DDR3 and DDR2 SDRAM, QDR II+ SRAM, and RLDRAM II

Virtex-6 FPGA Comparison Table

Virtex-6 FPGA Features

Spartan-6 FPGAs

Lowest Cost, Lowest Power FPGAs

The Spartan®-6 FPGA family delivers an optimal balance of low risk, low cost, low power, and high performance for cost-sensitive applications. Built on a proven, low-power 45nm, 9-metal copper layer, dual-oxide process technology, the sixth generation in the Spartan-series offers advanced power management technology, up to 150,000 logic cells, integrated PCI Express® blocks, advanced memory support, 250 MHz DSP slices and 3.125 Gbps low-power transceivers.

• Increase system performance with efficient, dual-register 6-input LUT (look-up-table) logic structure
• Implement PCI Express with integrated endpoint blocks
• Get connected with up to 8 low power (150 mW per) 3.125 Gbps GTP serial transceivers
• Support access rates of up to 800 Mbps using integrated memory controllers
• Build DSP applications using low-power 250 MHz DSP48A1 slices with 18 x 18 multipliers
• Use multi-voltage, multi-standard SelectIO™ banks with low cost HSTL and SSTL memory interfaces
• Clock management tiles, each consisting of 2 DCMs and 1 PLL
• 1000 MHz clocking
• Take advantage of proven low-power 45nm process technology
• Manage power with high performance 1.2V core voltage or lower-power 1.0V core voltage option
• Reach zero power with hibernate power‑down mode
• Maintain state and configuration with multi-pin wake‑up, control enhancement suspend mode
• Use invaluable on-chip local storage with dual-port block RAMs, each storing 18 Kbits
• Build systems over 40 I/O supported standards and protocols
• Enhance IP security with AES and Device DNA protection
• Create embedded systems using MicroBlaze 7.0 with MMU and FPU for greater functionality and OS support
• Go 'green' with RoHS-compliant Pb-free packaging
• Speed memory access with hard DRAM memory controller capable of 12.8 Gbps memory bandwidth

Spartan-6 FPGA Comparison Table

Spartan6-LXT FPGA Benefits :

Achieve low-power serial connectivity with dedicated 3.125 Gbps GTP transceivers and integrated PCI Express Endpoint block

• Flexible multi-rate GTP transceivers support line rates from 622 Mbps and 3.125 Gbps
• Low power consumption: < 150 mW (typ) at 3.125 Gbps
• Up to 8 GTP transceivers in a single FPGA
• PCI Express technology supports the 32 bit, 33 MHz specification
• Interface to host processors and reduce component count with integrated PCI Express technology
• High-speed serial protocols support including Gigabit Ethernet, Aurora, PCI Express Gen1, XAUI, Displayport, CPRI, and OBSAI

Spartan6-LX FPGA Benefits :

 Meet your market requirements for low-cost, high-volume applications

• Advanced process technology and 6-input LUT architecture enables implementation of complex, high-performance functionality with smaller devices in the least expensive speed grade
• Abundant logic resources with increased logic capacity 3.8K to 150K logic cells for higher performance
• Only high-volume, low-cost FPGAs with an integrated memory controller block that lowers cost by saving approximately 3,500 logic cells per controller over soft solutions
• Simplified configuration supporting low-cost 3rd party standards
• Easy-to-use and high-performance system IP
• Totally green, RoHS-compliant Pb-free packaging
• Efficient utilization of 45nm low-power copper process technology
• 250 MHz DSP48A1 slice for up to 50% lower power consumption
• Low-voltage device options available for addressing the strictest power budgets
• Advanced power management for lower static and dynamic power
  • Includes flexible power-saving hibernate and suspend modes
• Integrated memory controller supports low power memory standards
  • Mobile DDR and 1.3/1.5V DDR3

Spartan-6 FPGA Features

Other Devices

In addition to the Virtex-6 and Spartan-6 families, Xilinx has additional families, such as Virtex-5, Virtex-4 and the Extended Spartan-3A family.

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