The Xilinx FPGA Offering

Selecting the Right Programmable Logic Device for Your Design

Virtex Series FPGAs - Lowest Power High-Performance FPGA

The Xilinx Virtex® series was the first line of FPGAs to offer one million system gates. Introduced in 1998, the Virtex product line consistently offers the industry's leading combination of performance, capability, and integration at the lowest system cost.

Spartan Series FPGAs - Lowest Total System Cost

Xilinx Spartan® FPGAs are ideal for low-cost, high-volume applications. With over 120 million units shipped since 1998, Spartan series FPGAs provide a reliable, efficient, and low-cost path to realize your time-to-market requirements.

FPGA Comparison Table
Features	Virtex-6	Virtex-5	Spartan-6	Extended Spartan-3A
Logic Cells	Up to 760,000	Up to 330,000	Up to 150,000	Up to 53,000
User I/Os	Up to 1200	Up to 1200	Up to 570	Up to 519 I/O
I/O Standards Supported	Over 40	Over 40	Over 40	Over 20
Clock Management Technology	PLL	DCM + PLL	DCM + PLL	DCM
Embedded Block RAM	Up to 38 Mbits	Up to 18 Mbits	Up to 4.8 Mbits	Up to 1.8 Mbits
Embedded Multipliers for DSP	Yes (25 x 18 MAC)	Yes (25 x 18 MAC)	Yes (18 x 18 MAC)	Yes (18 x 18 MAC)
Multi-Gigabit High Speed Serial	6.5 Gbps, beyond 11.18 Gbps	3.75 Gbps, 6.5 Gbps	3.125 Gbps	No
PCI Express Technology	Gen 1, x8, hard Gen 2, x8, hard	Gen 1, x8, hard Gen 2, x8, soft	Gen 1, x1, hard	No
Soft Processor Support	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Xilinx Solutions

Xilinx programmable logic solutions help minimize risks for electronic equipment manufacturers by shortening the time required to develop products and take them to market.

You can design and verify the unique circuits in Xilinx programmable devices much faster than by choosing traditional methods such as mask-programmed, fixed logic gate arrays. Moreover, because Xilinx devices are standard parts that need only to be programmed, you are not required to wait for prototypes or pay large nonrecurring engineering (NRE) costs.

The software component of this solution is critical to the success of every design project. Xilinx software solutions provide powerful tools that make designing with programmable logic simple. Push-button design flows, integrated online help, multimedia tutorials, and high-performance automatic, and auto-interactive tools help you achieve optimum results. In addition, the industry's broadest array of programmable logic technology and EDA integration options deliver unparalleled design flexibility.

Leading-edge silicon products, state-of-the-art software solutions, and world-class technical support make up the total solution that Xilinx delivers.