EasyPath-7 FPGA Family
Fast, Simple, and Risk-free Cost Reduction for Virtex-7 FPGAs
EasyPath™- FPGAs deliver the lowest total cost of ownership for high performance FPGAs. Leverage Kintex™-7 and Virtex®-7 FPGA flexibility to rapidly prototype your system and ramp to production. Once the design no longer requires the full programmability of standard FPGAs, you can transition to EasyPath-7 FPGAs to reduce unit cost. Unlike alternative FPGA cost-reduction solutions, transitioning to EasyPath-7 FPGAs can be as quick as six weeks and requires no design conversion or device requalification from the user.
Conversion-free Cost-reduction Path
- EasyPath-7 FPGAs are architecturally identical to Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGAs
- Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA designs migrate to EasyPath-7 FPGAs with no changes
- IP transfers flawlessly
- Cost reduction with no additional design or re-qualification effort
- All Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA capabilities are supported including:
- Multi-gigabit serial transceivers
- PCI Express® endpoint blocks
- Tri-mode Ethernet MACs
- XADC / System Monitor blocks
- DSP48E slices and much more
- Complete flexibility to move between standard and EasyPath-7 FPGAs during production
- Fully utilize all FPGA resources without any restriction of future "cost-reduction" silicon
- Respond to dynamic market conditions by switching between FPGAs and EasyPath-7 FPGAs during production or end-of-life
Lowest Total Product Cost
- Six weeks conversion time
- Zero re-engineering cost
- Zero risk of functionality or timing mismatch
- Zero re-qualification cost
- Zero risk of cost over-runs due to silicon respins
- Competitive NRE for 28nm solution
- Guaranteed 35% price reduction*
*Relative to Kintex-7 and Virtex-7 FPGA price book at same volume quantity.
Key Documentation
| Name | Modified | Size |
|---|---|---|
| FPGA vs ASIC Approach to Complex System Design - by Semico | 05/04/12 | 174 KB |
| EasyPath-7 Product Brief | 02/28/12 | 943 KB |
| EasyPath-7 FPGA Frequently Asked Questions | 02/28/12 | 31 KB |