Virtex-4 Multi-Platform FPGA

Webcast: Analysis and Optimization of an FPGA Serial Link

Get the Virtex-4 Advantage

The Xilinx Virtex-4 family is revolutionizing the fundamentals of FPGA economics. With three application-domain-optimized platforms and a selection of seventeen devices, Virtex-4 FPGAs deliver breakthrough performance at the lowest cost and offer a compelling alternative to ASICs and ASSPs.

What's New in Virtex-4 FPGAs

Manufactured in 1.2V, 90nm triple-oxide technology, Virtex-4 FPGAs offer twice the performance, twice the density, and less than one-half the power consumption of previous-generation devices.

More flexible clocking. Up to 80 independent clocks and 20 digital clock managers. Differential global clocking minimizes skew and jitter.
Enhanced memory. Up to 10 Mbits Block RAM with built-in FIFO control logic.
1+ Gbps SelectIO™ technology. New ChipSync™ technology simplifies board design for high-bandwidth memory and other source-synchronous interfaces.
500 MHz XtremeDSP™ slice. Flexible multiply-accumulator structure for blazing DSP performance.
Enhanced support for hardware acceleration. New low-latency link from the embedded PowerPC core to custom hardware accelerators.
Integrated 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet MAC. UNH-verified compliance.
622 Mbps–6.5 Gbps RocketIO™ Transceivers. Flexible SERDES with the broadest operating range supports multi-rate applications.