Supported Architectures: 4-bit, 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, 64-bit, 128-bit, ARM, DSP, FPGAs, Freescale (Coldfire, MCORE, HC08 etc), MIPS, OMAP, Power Architecture™ (including PowerPC), Virage Memory, X86, XScale, Other
Compatible Operating Systems: Embedded Linux, Java-Embedded, Mentor Graphics/Nucleus, Windows Embedded

The Xilinx® Spartan®-6 FPGA family offers an optimal balance of cost, power, and performance for consumer, automotive, surveillance, wireless, and other cost and power-sensitive applications.

Built for connectivity and low power, Spartan-6 FPGAs provide the programmable foundation for Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms that accelerate innovation and improve differentiation of lower power ‘greener’ electronics products. Spartan-6 FPGAs benefit from Xilinx’s holistic approach to lowering power through hardware, software, power estimation tools, and demonstration boards with power measurement capabilities.

System developers can meet the demand for new features with twice the capability at half the power consumption. Spartan-6 FPGAs are fabricated using mature, low power 45-nanometer process technology. A rich selection of built-in blocks – including second generation DSP slices, low power (150-180mW per) high-speed serial transceivers, and PCI Express® interface cores – enable greater system-level integration and power savings.

Spartan-6 FPGAs bring 65 percent lower power than previous Spartan families with innovations in system-level power management to reduce static and dynamic power, advanced power control modes, and a lower power 1.0V core option. In addition, fast, flexible I/Os deliver over 12Gbps memory access bandwidth with 3.3 volt compatibility and RoHS-compliant Pb-free packaging.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• Advanced power control features such as hibernate and suspend modes for ultra low-power applications
• Low power operation mode when not in use is ideal for battery powered applications
• Only low cost and low power FPGA to have integrated high-speed serial transceivers

• Integrated hard memory controller enables DDR3 memory support in low-cost FPGA
• Low power device option lowers operating voltage to 1.0V to reduce power by an additional 30 percent

TECHNICAL SPECS

• Spartan-6 LX FPGAs for absolute lowest cost with up to 150K logic density, 4.8Mb memory, integrated memory controllers, and up to 180 DSP blocks at 250 MHz
• Spartan-6 LXT FPGAs for lowest risk, lowest cost serial connectivity with up to eight low power 3.125Gbps GTP transceivers, integrated PCI Express core, and up to 180 DSP slices at 250 MHz
• Start designing today with the Spartan-6 FPGA Evaluation Kit that provides all elements needed to design right out of the box

AVAILABILITY

Shipping now with the Spartan-6 FPGA Evaluation Kit available at: www.xilinx.com/kits

APPLICATION AREAS

Automotive, Broadcast Video, Consumer Electronics, Wired/Wireless Communications, Aerospace & Defense, and Industrial, Scientific and Medical Instrumentation

Contact Information

Xilinx, Inc.

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