Description

General Description:

What is the guaranteed specification for data retention?

Solution

XC9500, XC9500XL, XC9500XV, and XPLA3 devices:

Xilinx guarantees the data retention for the above devices to be 20 years of standard operating life, or 10,000 program/erase cycles. This information is listed in the individual device family data sheet.

CoolRunner-II devices:

Xilinx guarantees the data retention for the above devices to be 20 years of standard operating life, or 1,000 program/erase cycles. This information is listed in the individual device family data sheet.

CPLD Data Sheets can be found at:

http://www.xilinx.com/xlnx/xweb/xil_publications_display.jsp?category=/Data+Sheets/CPLD+Device+Families&iLanguageID=1