EasyPath FPGAs
EasyPath FPGAs
The Conversion-free Path to Cost Reduction
- EasyPath™ cost reduction for Virtex®-5, Virtex-4 and Virtex-II Pro FPGAs
- Reduce total cost of ownership without the complexity of Structured ASIC or ASIC conversion
Key Documentation
- EasyPath Product Brochure (PDF)
- Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)
Quick Links
EasyPath FPGAs offer a flexible alternative to ASICs with a low total cost and can be easily scaled for low to high volumes Use EasyPath FPGAs to achieve significantly lower unit costs for volume production once your design is fixed and no longer requires the full programmability of standard Virtex FPGAs.
EasyPath FPGAs Benefits
- EasyPath FPGAs are structurally and architecturally identical to standard FPGAs
- Customer engineering work or re-qualification is not required
- All Virtex FPGA features are supported including:
- PowerPC® hard processors
- Multi-gigabit serial transceivers
- PCI Express® endpoint blocks
- Tri-mode Ethernet MACs
- DSP48E slices and much more
- IP transfers flawlessly
- Xilinx offers complete proven soft IP cores with no royalty or conversion requirements for EasyPath FPGAs
- Complete flexibility to move between standard and EasyPath FPGAs during production
- Customers can “value-engineer” FPGA-based systems without the hassle, expense, and risk of conversion and re-qualification
- Up-front NRE investment is minimal
- Overall cost of ownership is well below ASIC or structured ASIC
- No engineering re-design cost
- Zero conversion risk
- No re-qualification costs
- Zero risk of silicon respin
- Shipping in high volume since 2004
- Repeat use by Fortune 500 Virtex FPGA customers across multiple market segments
- The same high reliability and quality as standard Virtex FPGA devices
- First time success 100 percent of the time
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Selected EasyPath FPGA Designs in High Volume Production
EasyPath Design Flow: Volume Production in Only 12 Weeks
Design & Prototype
Send Design Files to Xilinx
First Production
Step 1Design & Prototype
- With short migration times, you can ship in production with standard FPGAs and add features to leverage FPGA programmability before moving to EasyPath FPGAs.
Step 2Send Design Files to Xilinx
- When your design no longer requires programmability, send your design files to Xilinx and let Xilinx do all the work for you.
Step 3First Production
- Ship EasyPath FPGA devices in volume quantity in 12 weeks.
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Information, products, and services related to EasyPath FPGAs
Documentation
Brochures, FAQs, and additional documentation.
This brochure provides a summary of EasyPath FPGAs.
EasyPath Frequently Asked Questions
This document gives a questions and answer overview of EasyPath FPGAs.
Videos
Cost Reduction Doesn't Have to be Hard
This video provides insight into how Xilinx offers the industry's most compelling cost-reduction solution.
Training
Advanced FPGA Implementation tackles the most sophisticated aspects of the ISE® 9.1i tool suite and Xilinx hardware.
Learn the best design practices from the pros and understand the subtleties of the Xilinx design flow.
Access all the available training for Xilinx FPGAs.
Xcell Journal Articles
Flexibility with EasyPath FPGAs
You can now seamlessly convert to production and still retain some unique flexibility features.
Low-Cost EasyPath FPGAs Offer Promise to ASSP Companies
EasyPath FPGAs offer quick time to market and flexibility at prices below those offered by structured ASICs.
EasyPath FPGAs Beat ASIC Prices
EasyPath is the most comprehensive volume production solution in the industry.
The Easy Path to Cost Reduction
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