Virtex-6 FPGA Family
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The Virtex®-6 FPGA family is the high-performance silicon foundation for Targeted Design Platforms. Consuming 50% lower power and delivering 20% lower cost than the previous generation, the new family is built with the right mix of programmability, integrated blocks for DSP, memory, and connectivity support - including high-speed transceiver capabilities - to satisfy the insatiable demand for higher bandwidth and higher performance.
Virtex-6 FPGA Family Benefits
- Achieve a one speed-grade performance gain with second-generation ExpressFabric™ technology, 600MHz clocking technology and performance-tuned IP blocks
- Build high-bandwidth interfaces for DDR3 memory with flexible SelectIO™ technology
- Accelerate DSP performance with DSP48E1 slices
- Advanced 40nm process, architecture, tools, and system level optimizations reduce core power by 30%
- Low-voltage option increases power savings by 50% without significant performance penalties
- Enhanced SelectIO technology reduces I/O power by up to 50%
- Choose between two varieties of low-power serial transceivers offering bandwidth in excess of 11Gbps
- Obtain assured compliance with popular standards such as 10/40/100G Ethernet, SFP+, OTU-1/2/4, PCI Express®, OC-48, XAUI, SRIO, and HD-SDI
- Implement widely-used interfaces with second-generation integrated PCI Express blocks and third-generation Tri-mode Ethernet MAC blocks
- Integrate multiple functions into a single PCIe®-enabled (Gen1 and Gen2) FPGA supporting x1, x2, x4, and x8
Virtex-6 FPGA Sub-families
For high performance logic and DSP with low-power serial connectivity
For ultra-high performance DSP with low-power serial connectivity
Optimized for communication, switching, and imaging systems requiring highest-bandwidth serial connectivity
Virtex-6 FPGA Conversion-free Cost Reduction Path
Lowest total product cost for high-performance FPGAs
