Platform Flash
The competitively priced Xilinx Platform Flash configuration memory devices reduce the amount of board space required for configuration. They enable a system-level drop-in solution that maximizes the flexibility of Virtex and Spartan FPGA-based systems and helps to significantly reduce design efforts and accelerate time to market.
Platform Flash Benefits
Lowest cost per megabit configuration
- Smallest area per megabit
- Reduces configuration board space with the VO20 and the FS48 packages
- One configuration memory family from 1-Mbit to 32-Mbit
- Simplifies manufacturing flow and reduces inventory cost
- Provides for storage of up to 50% more bits, allowing the use of a smaller density, lower cost configuration memory
In-system programmability
- Simplifies manufacturing flow and board test
- Enables easy field upgrades
- SelectMAP mode (PDF) decreases FPGA configuration time by bursting out bitstreams in 8-bit increments
Broad density range and flexibility
- Increases effective configuration memory density in high density-range of devices
Configuration Memory Platform Features Table
| Features | PF | PFXL |
|---|---|---|
| Density | 1Mb - 32 Mb | 128 Mb |
| Configuration data width | 8-bits | 16-bits |
| Configuration data speed | 264 Mbps | 800 Mbps |
| PCIe application support |  |
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| Common Flash Interface (CFI) support | - | |
| Speed | 33 MHz | 50 MHz |
| Power Supplies | 1.8/2.5/3.3V I/O | 2.5/3.3V I/O |
Key Documentation
| Name | Modified | Size |
|---|---|---|
| Platform Flash In-System Programmable Configuration PROMs | 05/19/2010 | 1016 KB |
| Platform Flash PROM User Guide | 10/26/2009 | 3.68 MB |