Kintex-7 FPGA Family
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Industry's Best Price-Performance
Kintex™-7 FPGAs establish a new category of FPGAs with high-end performance at less than half the price. The Kintex-7 family is one of three product families built on a common 28nm architecture designed for maximum power efficiency and delivers a 2x price-performance improvement while consuming 50% less power compared to previous generation FPGAs. Kintex-7 FPGAs offer high-density logic, high-performance transceivers, memory, and DSP, plus Agile Mixed Signal all to enable higher system-level performance and the next level of integration. These capabilities allow for continued innovation and differentiation in designs at volume price points. EasyPath™-7 devices offer even further cost reduction with a conversion-free path.
Designing with 7 Series FPGA Platforms
Xilinx offers developers access to the power, performance, and productivity advantages of the unified 7 series FPGAs through base-level and domain-specific Targeted Design Platforms. Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms offer designers a complete solution that includes a combination of silicon, software, IP and reference designs. The Kintex-7 FPGA KC705 Evaluation Kit delivers a flexible design platform which demonstrates Xilinx Agile Mixed Signal technology for system designs that require high-performance, serial connectivity and advanced memory interfacing. The Kintex-7 FPGA DSP Kit combines the KC705 base platform plus an integrated high-speed analog module to accelerate advanced DSP designs. The Kintex-7 FPGA Embedded Kit is a ready-to-use platform for FPGA-based soft processor systems with high-performance memory and Ethernet interfaces.
Scalable Optimized Architecture Enables Scalability and Increases Productivity
Fabricated on a high-performance, low-power (HPL) 28nm process, all 7 series FPGAs share a scalable optimized architecture. This innovation enables design migration across the Artix™-7, Kintex-7, and Virtex®-7 FPGA families. System manufacturers can easily scale successful designs to address adjacent markets requiring reduced cost and power or increased performance and capability. The adoption of AMBA 4, AXI4 specification as part of the interconnect strategy supporting Plug-and-Play FPGA design further improves productivity with IP reuse, portability, and predictability.
Kintex-7 FPGA Capacity and Capabilities
| Capability | Kintex-7 |
|---|---|
| Transceiver speed | 12.5Gb/s |
| LVDS connectivity | 1.6Gb/s |
| DSP throughput (symmetric filter) | 2,845GMACS |
| Block RAM | 34.4Mb |
| PCI Express® Interface | Gen2x8 |
| Agile Mixed Signal | 16 channel Dual 12 bit resolution 1 MSPS ADC |
Leading System Solutions
Kintex-7 FPGAs deliver high signal processing performance and low power consumption at price points required for the deployment of Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless networks. These devices meet the aggressive power and cost requirements for next generation high-definition (HD) 3D flat panel displays. The Kintex-7 family also delivers the serial bandwidth needed for next generation broadcast video-on-demand systems.
See How Kintex-7 FPGAs Will Benefit Your Next Design
| Application | Description |
|---|---|
| Avionics | Kintex-7 FPGA price-performance drives SWAP-C benefits for aircraft video data bus systems. |
| LED Backlit Flat Panel Displays and 3DTV | Kintex-7 FPGA offers capabilities that enable flat panel display manufacturers to improve image quality, reduce power consumption, and reduce cost. |
| LTE Baseband | Meet stringent latency requirements and enable a common platform supporting Multiple Air Interface Standards such as LTE, WiMAX, and CDMA in a single component with Kintex-7 FPGA. |
| Portable Ultrasound | High I/O bandwidth and DSP processing power make Kintex-7 FPGAs highly effective for both front and back-end Ultrasound Processing. |
| Multi-mode Radio | Kintex-7 FPGAs help you to reduce cost and power consumption, deliver scalable platforms, and support multiple air interface standards. |
| Prosumer Digital SLR Cameras | Kintex-7 FPGA 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. |
| Video over IP Gateway | Reduce cost for Video over IP Gateways by integrating four 3:1, 3G-SDI-to-10GbE bridges in a single FPGA. |
Key Documents
| Name | Modified | Size |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Series FPGAs Overview | 05/05/2012 | 579 KB |
| WP312 - Xilinx Next Generation 28 nm FPGA Technology Overview | 03/26/2011 | 614 KB |
| WP389 - Lowering Power at 28 nm with Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs | 02/17/2012 | 1.06 MB |
| WP373 - Xilinx Redefines Power, Performance, and Design Productivity with Three Innovative 28 nm FPGA Families: Virtex-7, Kintex-7, and Artix-7 Devices | 05/01/2012 | 287 KB |
| WP392 - Xilinx Agile Mixed Signal Solutions | 03/06/2012 | 562 KB |
| Kintex-7 FPGA Product Brief | ||
| Kintex-7 KC705 Evaluation Kit Product Brief | ||
| Kintex-7 DSP Evaluation Kit Product Brief | ||
| 7 Series Product Brief |