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® Virtex®-6 FPGA family is optimized for the higher bandwidth and lower power demands of wireless/wired communications, broadcast, and aerospace/defense electronics.

Virtex-6 FPGAs provide the high performance programmable foundation for Xilinx Targeted Design Platforms that accelerate innovation and improve product differentiation of compute-intensive applications. At up to 50 percent lower power and 20 percent lower cost than previous generations, Virtex-6 FPGAs benefit from Xilinx’s holistic approach to lowering power through hardware, software, power estimation tools, and demonstration boards with power measurement capabilities.

Virtex-6 FPGAs use the combination of high performance 40-nanometer process technology, innovative circuit design techniques, and architectural enhancements to deliver more computational performance and faster networking, while significantly reducing both static and dynamic power consumption.

DSP bandwidth exceeds 1,000GMACS with over 2000 DSP slices and optimized ratios of logic, Block RAM, and distributed RAM. This computational bandwidth is augmented with over 500Gbps of total serial bandwidth that is also optimized to reduce overall system power consumption for system architects designing the ‘green’ central offices and data centers of the future. With Virtex-6 FPGAs, even further power savings can be realized with enhanced support for partial reconfiguration and low-voltage device options.

FEATURES & BENEFITS

• Low power and high performance with greatly simplified power system design
• Optimized feature mix delivers two-fold increase of Flipflops and BRAM with six times more DSP than similar-sized devices
• Integrated system blocks save up to 10X static power compared to soft implementations
• Devices operate on 1.0V core voltage with a 0.9V low-power option that reduces power by an additional 20 percent

• New I/O power reduction features allow low power modes for memory interfaces

TECHNICAL SPECS

• Virtex-6 LXT FPGAs for high-performance logic, DSP and serial connectivity with up to 36 low-power 6.5Gbps GTX transceivers and 864 DSP slices at 600 MHz
• Virtex-6 SXT FPGAs for ultra high-performance DSP and serial connectivity with up to 36 low-power 6.5Gbps GTX transceivers and 2,016 DSP slices at 600 MHz
• Virtex-6 HXT FPGAs for the industry’s highest bandwidth with line rates in excess of 11Gbps and over 1Tbps serial connectivity with 720 SelectIO™ pins and up to 72 multi-rate transceivers
• Start designing today with the Virtex-6 FPGA Evaluation Kit that provides all elements needed to design right out of the box

AVAILABILITY

Shipping now with the Virtex-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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