7 Series FPGAs

7 series FPGAs offer dramatically reduced power consumption with higher levels of integration and signal processing capabilities to provide SWAP-C benefits for RADAR, Milcom, and advanced imaging systems.

Avionics

Kintex-7 FPGA price-performance drives SWAP-C benefits for aircraft video data bus systems.

• Integrate four 3:1 video distribution switches into a single Kintex-7 325T FPGA
• 8.5Gbps Fibre Channel for higher bandwidth video streams
• Accelerate design with ARINC 818 avionics video bus standard IP

16-channel Avionics Video Distribution System in Kintex-7 325T FPGA

RADAR

Virtex-7 FPGAs reduce SWAP-C for portable radar systems.

• A single board with three Virtex-7 980T FPGAs implementing a 64-channel beamformer enables portable form factor with:
  • 80% board area reduction with 24-channels per device
  • 60% system cost reduction
  • 90% FPGA power reduction
• Virtex-7 FPGA-based Targeted Design Platforms offers a superior fixed-point DSP solution
  • Up to 987GLFOPS in a single Virtex-7 980T FPGA
  • Synfora or AutoESL C-to-FPGA software
  • Leading DSP-development software, including Xilinx ISE® Design Suite with PlanAhead™ and System Generator tools
  • IP Compilers: FIR, FFT, CIC, DDS, DDC, DUC
  • Superior security and anti-tamper with 256-bit AES and authentication, volatile and non-volatile keying and on-chip environmental monitoring

24-channel Beamformer in Virtex-7 980T FPGAs

Kintex-7 FPGAs bring 10Gbps serial connectivity to mainstream designs to enable a new generation of digital video distribution systems.

Video over IP Gateway

Kintex-7 FPGAs enable cost effective, low power bridging of the serial digital interface (SDI) protocol onto IP technology for long distance WAN transport to link local studios/live events, broadcast facilities, and satellite uplink stations using standard IP networks.

• Reduce power by 64% and reduce cost by 85% with a single XC7K160T FPGA implementation of a 12x 3G-SDI over 4x 10GbE bridge compared to the equivalent function implemented in two Virtex-6 XC6L130T devices
• Reduce cost further with high bandwidth interfaces that shrink BOM: 72-bit x 1,600Mbps DDR3 memory interface capability enables a single memory buffer that would require two or four memory buffers in previous generation FPGAs

12x 3G-SDI over 4x 10GE in a Kintex-7 120T FPGA

Artix-7 and Kintex-7 FPGAs support mainstream and emerging serial protocols with power and cost benefits that make them attractive alternatives to ASICs and ASSPs. Reprogrammability enables rapid deployment of advanced image enhancement algorithms and feature differentiation for a wide range of end-product price points.

LED Backlit Flat Panel Displays and 3DTV

Artix-7 and Kintex-7 FPGAs offer capabilities that enable flat panel display manufacturers to improve image quality, reduce power consumption, and reduce cost. Implement complex local dimming and illumination compensation algorithms for LED backlighting controllers. Produce direct-type illumination displays with differing numbers of LED zones, as well as different arrangements of LEDs, while adjusting illumination to match the physical properties of panels produced by different suppliers. Add 3D capability to displays.

• Reduce system FPGA power by 32% compared to implementation with previous generation FPGAs
• Reduce system FPGA cost by 30% compared to implementation with previous generation FPGAs
• 63% reduction in LED backlight controller power with implementation in Artix-7 20 FPGA
• Flexible parallel and serial interface technologies enable chip-to-chip and board-to-board communication using PCI Express, USB 2.0, DisplayPort, and V-by-One technology
• 8 lanes of at least 3.75Gbps for V-by-One HS today (per THine’s spec)
• 4 lanes of at least 5.4Gbps for dual and triple-rate DisplayPort 1.1a (per VESA standard)
• 1,866Mbps DDR3 memory interfaces enables video data buffers using commodity memories
• 1.6Gbps LVDS I/O reduces the number of traces in parallel interfaces
• Chip-scale packages for low-cost manufacturing with 4-layer PCBs

High-Resolution 3D Video Flat Panel Display with Dynamic LED Backlight Control

Prosumer Digital SLR Cameras

Artix-7 and Kintex-7 FPGAs offer low power, low cost, and small form factor that enables manufacturers of Prosumer Digital SLR cameras to implement control functions in auto-focus lenses and rapidly deploy enhancements in camera body controller/image processing ASICs.

• Replace ASSP-based implementation with 7 series FPGA to reduce power by 27%, reduce cost by 66%, and reduce package area by 87%
• Interface to sensors and drive motors in lenses to control optical image stabilization, auto focus, and zoom, along with communication with the main ASIC in the camera body
• Augment in-camera ASICs with enhancements in image processing, noise reduction, data re-ordering, etc.
• Connect existing ASICs with new storage media, touch sensors, and LCD monitors to facilitate rapid deployment of new camera models while avoiding the delay of ASIC re-spins
• Support for high-speed serial interfaces, including sub-LVDS-based HiSPI and CCR2, as well as SATA, PCIe®, and HDMI, enables connectivity to a variety of components and peripheral devices
• Low-power mobile memories support for image frame buffering
• Chip-scale packaging provides small form factor and enables low-cost manufacturing with 4-layer PCBs

Low-power, small form-factor Artix-7 and Kintex-7 FPGAs in Prosumer SLR Camera

Kintex FPGAs offer high-performance, low power and small form factor suited for a variety of medical equipment. Through the 7 series unified architecture, engineers can rapidly scale designs to meet different market and application requirements.

Portable Ultrasound

High I/O bandwidth and 144GMACS DSP processing power in chip-scale packaging make the Kintex-7 70T FPGA highly effective for both front and back-end ultrasound processing. Designers can deploy a fully programmable 128-channel ultrasound implementation that scales up to 196 or 256 channels for high-end cart solutions or down to 64 or 32 channels for hand-held form factor:

• 128-channel implementation in a modular set of five Kintex-7 70T FPGAs offers 44% lower power, 45% lower cost, and 57% smaller form factor compared to previous generation FPGAs
• Kintex-7 70T FPGAs offer 144GMACS from 240 DSP slices (288GMACS for symmetric filters)
• Built-in support for PCIe Gen1/Gen2 x8 enables high-bandwidth interface to host system
• Chip-scale packaging for small form factor

128-Channel Portable Ultrasound built with five Kintex-7 70T FPGAs

Optimized to deliver highest bandwidth with the lowest power, the 7 series FPGAs address the insatiable demand for bandwidth in networking equipment. Increase capacity with hardware upgrades that operate within existing power and cooling footprints.

400G Line Card

Be first to market with 400GE line cards; Virtex-7 H870T FPGAs are the only devices to support 400G serial interfaces with next-generation optics.

• Connect to 400Gbps optical interfaces with 16 x 28G GTZ transceivers
• Interface to as many as four ASICs/NPUs up to 72 x 10.3125G GTH transceivers
• Implement sophisticated, high-performance in-line data processing with high-density programmable logic including 864,000 logic cell capacity and 64.8 Mbits of block RAM

400G Line Card in a Virtex-7 H870T FPGA

2x100G OTU4 Transponder/Line Card

Virtex-7 HT FPGAs are the only 28nm FPGAs with resources that enable designers to integrate two 100G interfaces into a single FPGA for reduced board space, power, and cost.

• Eight GTZ transceivers enable the PHY “gearbox” function that converts ten lanes of 11.18Gbps data to four lanes of 28Gbps
• Incorporate OTU4 Framer/MAC and Mapper in flexible programmable logic
• Implement proprietary FEC for increased functionality; Virtex-7 H870T devices delivers 40% more logic than competing 28G FPGAs
• Connect to legacy ASICs; multi-rate GTH transceivers enable chip-to-chip at speeds from 6.25G to 13.1G

2x100G OTU4 Transponder/Line Card in a Virtex-7 H580T FPGA

10GPON/10GEPON OLT Line Card

Virtex-7 FPGAs enable manufacturers to meet aggressive 10G port count integration and cost targets for Passive Optical Network (PON) Optical Line Terminal (OLT) line cards that bring high-speed networking to the neighborhood/home.

• Optimum balance of bandwidth and logic to reduce component BOM by a factor of three
• Single-chip solution delivers industry's highest port density and reduces board space by 50% or more
• The only proven 10GBASE-KR solution for high-speed backplane support

A single Virtex-7 FPGA with Built-in 10GBASE-KR Support Enables a 4-port 10GPON/10GEPON Line Card

100G OTN Muxponder

Virtex-7 FPGA XT devices enable a flexible, single-FPGA, multiplexing transponder implementation.

• Replace multiple ASSPs, reduce cost by 60%, and reduce power by 50%
• The only FPGA capable of supporting 25% overhead required for advanced FEC with standards-compliant 13.1Gbps transceivers
• Fifth generation partial reconfiguration enables a cost effective 100G muxponder
• Optimized single and multi-level muxing to achieve a cost effective implementation for next generation 100G ODU switching

100G OTN Muxponder in a Virtex-7 X865T FPGA

100GE Line Card

Virtex-7 FPGAs offer the right mix of I/O, memory and logic to enable a single-FPGA implementation of new line cards that deliver increased bandwidth.

• 50% lower power to enable new line cards with higher processing capabilities within the same power and cooling footprint
• Connect to back planes, optical modules, control plane and memory with transceivers supporting line rates up to 13.1Gbps
• Execute complex packet processing and traffic management solutions leveraging more than 1M logic cells and up to 53Mbps Block RAM resources
• Implement packet buffering and packet processing with high-bandwidth interfaces to TCAM, SRAM, and DDR3 DRAM memories

100GE Line Card in a Virtex-7 X690T FPGA

300G Interlaken Bridge

The extended capabilities of Virtex-7 XT FPGAs enable infrastructure scaling with devices that deliver up to 2.7Tbps bandwidth for bridging between MAC-NPU, NPU-Switch, NPU-TCAM using the Interlaken industry standard.

• Up to 96 transceivers in a single FPGA
• 12.5 Gbps Interlaken with GTH transceivers
• 6.6Gbps and 10.3Gbps Interlaken with GTX transceivers
• 10GE and integrated PCI Express technology for control plane

300G Interlaken Bridge in a Virtex-7 X690T FPGA

Terabit Switch Fabric

Virtex-7 FPGA XT device capabilities enable Terabit switch fabric to support proliferating 40G/100G ports in networking infrastructure.

• Up to 96 transceivers at 12.5Gbps+ enable a single-FPGA solution that replaces multiple ASSPs
• Right mix of logic and transceivers for cost-effective implementation
• Hundreds of internal memory blocks for high bandwidth and efficient QOS switch fabrics
• Integrated 10GBASE-KR for high-speed backplane support
• 6.125Gbps transceiver support for legacy backplanes
• Differentiate end products via advanced capabilities that address evolving switch market requirements
• High-performance logic fabric resources enable flexible in-line prioritization, queuing, and traffic management/shaping

Terabit Switch Fabric in a Virtex-7 X690T FPGA

Optimized for lowest power and cost-effective signal processing, Kintex-7 FPGAs offer a mix of capabilities tuned to the DSP-intensive requirements of wireless infrastructure – enabling low-cost solutions through cost-optimized packaging and the ability to consolidate multiple functions in a single FPGA.

LTE Baseband

Kintex-7 FPGAs offer the best price-performance so designers can meet stringent latency requirements for LTE baseband processing in a common platform.

• Programmability enables a cost effective common platform supporting multiple air interfaces such as LTE, WiMAX, and WCDMA
• Reduce total cost of ownership with the ability to scale and reuse designs from picocell to macrocell
• 3x capacity at the same cost of previous generation FPGAs while consuming 40% less power
• Support for 9.8Gbps CPRI/OBSAI for high throughput
• Support for 6.144Gbps CPRI/OBSAI in a low-cost package option

Implement a high-end LTE base band design (2x4 MIMO) in a single Kintex-7 410T device – replacing multiple DSP

Multi-mode Radio

Kintex-7 FPGAs help you to reduce cost and power consumption, deliver scalable platforms, and support multiple air interface standards.

• Programmability enables a common platform supporting multiple air interfaces such as LTE, WiMAX, and WCDMA
• Abundant DSP resources for high-performance filtering
• Reduce total cost of ownership with the ability to scale and reuse designs from picocell to macrocell
• Less than half the price of previous generation FPGAs
• 40% less power
• Support for 9.8Gbps CPRI/OBSAI for high throughput
• Support for 6.144Gbps CPRI/OBSAI in a low-cost package option

Cost-effective 2x2 LTE Radio in a Kintex-7 70T FPGAs