Virtex-5 FPGA Family
Virtex®-5 FPGAs are the world’s first 65nm FPGA family fabricated in 1.0v, triple-oxide process technology, providing up to 330,000 logic cells, 1,200 I/O pins, 48 low power transceivers, and built-in PowerPC® 440, PCIe® endpoint and Ethernet MAC blocks, depending upon the device selected.
Virtex-5 Benefits
- Two speed-grade performance gain with ExpressFabric™ technology
- 550 MHz high precision, low jitter clocking with clock management tile
- 150 Mbps - 6.5 Gbps high performance serial connectivity with RocketIO™ GTX transceivers
- Performance-tuned IP blocks
- 1100 DMIPS per PowerPC 440 processor block with high-bandwidth, low-latency interfaces
- 528 GMACs from 550 MHz DSP48E slices with 25x18 multipliers for DSP acceleration
- 192 GFLOPS single-precision and 68 GFLOPS double-precision floating point DSP
- Simplified source-synchronous interfacing with 1.25 Gbps LVDS I/O and ChipSync™ technology
- 550 MHz, 36Kbit Block RAM/FIFO with built-in error check and correction (ECC)
- Enhanced configuration circuitry to support commodity flash memories, simplify system reconfiguration, and provide fifth-generation design security to protect your IP
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System Performance Comparison
- 100 Mbps - 3.75 Gbps low power serial connectivity with RocketIO GTP transceivers: less than 100 mW (typ.) at 3.2 Gbps
- 35% lower dynamic power delivered by 65nm ExpressFabric technology and power-saving IP blocks
- Triple-oxide technology maintains static power at 65nm equivalent to 90nm Virtex-4 FPGAs. Hardened PCI Express® compliant endpoint blocks and Tri-mode Ethernet MACs
- Advanced equalization to drive backplanes beyond 40”
- Protocol kits accelerate development
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Triple-oxide technology for reduced static power.
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Power consumption and area required to implement a typical design including 8-lane PCIe endpoint.
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Power Savings Case Study : x8 PCI Express
- Smaller device: 65nm process shrinks die size while new Real 6-input LUT increases efficiency
- Fewer parts required when taking advantage of built-in low-power transceivers
- Embedded processing systems can be integrated with PowerPC 440 block
- Increased logic efficiency with built-in PCIe endpoint and Ethernet MAC blocks
- Smaller heat sinks, fans, and power supplies enabled by reduced power consumption
Virtex-5 FPGA Sub-families
For high performance logic
For high-performance logic with low power serial connectivity
For DSP and memory-intensive applications with low-power serial connectivity
For embedded processing with highest-speed serial connectivity
For ultra high-bandwith applications, such as bridging, switching, and aggregation in wired telecommunications and data communications systems
