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The Virtex®-7 2000T FPGA delivers greater than 2X the capacity and bandwidth offered by the largest monolithic devices while delivering the time-to-volume advantages of smaller die. Utilizing innovative 2.5D Stacked Silicon Interconnect (SSI) technology, the Virtex-7 2000T FPGA integrates 2 million logic cells, 6.8 billion transistors and 12.5Gb/s serial transceivers on a single device making it the world’s highest capacity FPGA offering unprecedented system integration in addition to ASIC prototyping and ASIC replacement capabilities.
Industry's Highest System Performance
Virtex-7 FPGAs are optimized for advanced systems requiring the highest performance and highest bandwidth connectivity. The Virtex-7 family is one of three product families built on a common 28nm architecture designed for maximum power efficiency and delivers 2X higher system performance at 50% lower power than previous generation FPGAs.
The Virtex-7 family consists of T, XT and HT devices to meet a wide array of market requirements:
- Up to 2M logic cells, 6.8 billion transistors and 12.5Gb/s serial transceivers on a single device
- Enables non-linear integration to reduce board space, lower power and increase system performance
- Delivers highest bandwidth, lowest latency by eliminating multiple chip bottlenecks
- Enables rapid development and emulation of advance node ASICs
- Integrates up to 96 10G Base KR backplane capable serial transceivers
- 5.3 TMACs of DSP
- 67 Mbits of internal memory
- >1M logic cells
- Up to 16 x 28 Gb/s serial transceivers for ultra-high bandwidth applications
- Optimized for next-generation 100G, nx100G and 400G line cards with CFP2 optical interfaces
- Superior jitter performance to exceed CEI 28G specifications
EasyPath™-7 devices offer a conversion-free path to volume production.
Designing with 7 Series FPGA Platforms
Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms offer a complete solution that includes a combination of silicon, software, IP and reference designs. As a base-level Targeted Design Platform, the Virtex-7 FPGA VC707 Evaluation Kit provides a flexible environment for designs that need to implement a DDR3 memory interface, 10Gigabit Ethernet, PCI Express®, Analog Mixed Signal (AMS) capabilities, and other high-speed serial connectivity. Based on the Virtex-7 VX485T-2 FPGA, the kit is the optimal choice for advanced systems that need the highest performance and highest bandwidth connectivity.
Unified Architecture Enables Scalability and Increases Productivity
Fabricated on a high-performance, low-power (HPL) 28nm process, all 7 series FPGAs share a unified architecture. This innovation enables design migration across the Artix™-7, Kintex™-7, and Virtex-7 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.
Virtex-7 FPGA Key Capabilities
| Maximum Capability | Virtex-7 T Devices | Virtex-7 XT Devices | Virtex-7 HT Devices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Logic density (Logic Cells) | 1,955K | 1,139K | 864K |
| Peak transceiver speed | 12.5Gb/s (GTX) | 13.1Gb/s (GTH) | 28.05Gb/s (GTZ) |
| Transceivers | 36 | 96 | 88 |
| Peak bi-directional serial bandwidth | 0.900 Tb/s | 2.515Tb/s | 2.784Tb/s |
| DSP throughput (symmetric filter) | 2,756 GMACS | 5,314 GMACS | 5,053 GMACS |
| Block RAM | 46.5Mb | 85.0Mb | 64.4Mb |
| PCI Express® interface | Gen2x8 | Gen3x8 | Gen3x8 |
| I/O pins | 1,200 | 1,100 | 700 |
System Solutions Enabled by Virtex-7 FPGAs
Delivering the highest bandwidth with the lowest power, Virtex-7 FPGAs address the insatiable demand for networking infrastructure bandwidth. Delivering up to 2.8Tb/s serial bandwidth, these devices enable communications equipment manufacturers to increase network capacity with next-generation hardware that operates within existing power and cooling footprints.
See How Virtex-7 FPGAs Will Benefit Your Next Design
| Application | Description |
|---|---|
| ASIC Prototyping | Build a highly integrated ASIC prototyping solution with the Virtex-7 2000T. With its high logic and processing capacity, mitigate development risks for large ASIC and ASSP designs. |
| 2x100G OTU4 Transponder/Line Card | Build a 2x100G OTU4 Transponder/Line Card using the only 28nm FPGAs that enable designers to integrate two 100G interfaces into a single FPGA for reduced board space, power, and cost. |
| 10GPON/10GEPON OLT Line Card | 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. |
| 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. |
| 100G OTN Muxponder | Virtex-7 FPGA XT devices enable a flexible, single-FPGA, 100G OTN Multiplexing Transponder implementation. |
| 300G Interlaken Bridge | Create a 300G Interlaken Bridge that enables infrastructure scaling with devices that deliver up to 1.9Tbps bandwidth for bridging between MAC-NPU, NPU-Switch, NPU-TCAM using the Interlaken industry standard. |
| 400G Line Card | Be first to market with 400GE Line Cards by designing with the only FPGAs to support 400G serial interfaces with next-generation optics. |
| Portable RADAR Systems | Enable high performance RADAR systems through low power, multi-channel signal recovery and processing. |
| Terabit Switch Fabric | Virtex-7 FPGA XT device capabilities enable Terabit Switch Fabric to support proliferating 40G/100G ports in networking infrastructure. |