Overview

The Ultimate System Integration Platform

Virtex®-5 FPGAs offer integrated system-level capabilities that shrink design cycles and reduce system cost:

• Up to 330,000 logic cells
• Up to 1,200 I/O pins
• Low-power RocketIO™ GTP serial transceivers
• PowerPC® 440 block for industry-standard embedded processing
• Highest performance RocketIO GTX serial transceivers
• Built-in PCI Express® endpoint and Ethernet MAC blocks
• Other hardened IP

Virtex-5 FPGAs can replace ASICs and ASSPs in applications such as networking, telecom, storage, servers, computing, wireless, broadcast, video, imaging, medical, industrial, and defense.

Endless Possibilities - Design for Any Application

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Virtex-5 FPGA family.

Serial Connectivity

• New TXT platform devices offer 48 GTX transceivers enabling single-FPGA bridging for 100G Ethernet, 120G Interlaken, and more
• Build chip-to-chip, board-to-board, and box-to-box applications quickly and easily using 100Mbps–3.75 Gbps transceivers, integrated interface blocks, and pre-verified IP.
• Achieve 150 Mbps - 6.5 Gbps performance with flexible SERDES and DFE receive equalization using RocketIO GTX transceivers.
• Minimize design risk with hardened PCI Express endpoint blocks as you build next-generation graphics, storage, networking, and I/O devices.
• Bridge protocols with built-in support for PCIe® and Ethernet, and a rich library of pre-verified IP, to protect your investment in legacy ASSPs and ASICs.

• Implement 800 Mbps single-ended and 1.25 Gbps differential system interface standards with SelectIO™ technology and pre-verified IP.
• Ensure alignment of clock and data and simplify source-synchronous interfacing with second-generation ChipSync™ technology built into every I/O.
• Solve signal integrity challenges and simplify board design with Digitally Controlled Impedence for active I/O termination (series, parallel, differential) and second-generation sparse chevron packaging.

• Integrate embedded processing systems with industry-standard PowerPC 440 processor block
• Build systems or complex control functions with soft processor cores supported by a comprehensive suite of development tools.
• Select from a variety of soft IP cores, including 32-bit MicroBlaze™ processor, 8-bit PicoBlaze™ controller*, IBM CoreConnect buses, and peripherals developed by Xilinx and partners.

• Solve multi-channel and high-performance DSP challenges with the enhanced DSP48E slice.
• Build real-time video, imaging, wireless, and encryption systems.
• Select from DSP building-block IP such as filters, transforms, codecs, and algorithms*.

Breakthrough Performance and Value

A range of built-in functionality simplifies system design:

• 65nm ExpressFabric™ technology delivers a two speed-grade performance increase with Real 6-input LUTs for fewer logic levels and advanced diagonal interconnect for shortest, fastest routing.
• 550 MHz clocking technology with flexible control and low jitter enabled by new clock management tile.
• 1100 DMIPS per PowerPC 440 block with high-bandwidth, low-latency interfaces
• Highest performance serial connectivity with RocketIO™ GTX and RocketIO GTP transceivers
• 1.25 Gbps SelectIO parallel I/O with ChipSync technology for simplified source-synchronous interfacing.
• 550 MHz, 36Kbit Block RAM/FIFO with built-in error check and correction (ECC).
• 550 MHz DSP48E slices with 25x18 multipliers for DSP acceleration.
• Enhanced configuration circuitry that supports commodity flash memories and simplifies system reconfiguration; also includes fifth-generation design security to protect your intellectual property.
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Optimized Power

• 35% lower dynamic power delivered by 65nm ExpressFabric technology and power-saving IP blocks.
• Triple-oxide technology maintains static power at 65nm equivalent to 90nm Virtex-4 FPGAs.
• Reduce serial connectivity power consumption: RocketIO GTP transceivers consume less than 100 mW at 3.2 Gpbs
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Lowest System Cost

• Choose smaller device: 65nm process shrinks die size while new Real 6-input LUT increases efficiency.
• Meet aggressive performance targets in the least expensive speed grade.
• Reduce part count with built-in, low-power transceivers.
• Integrate embedded processing systems with PowerPC 440 block
• Increase logic efficiency with built-in PCIe endpoint and Ethernet MAC blocks.
• Select smaller heat sinks, fans, and power supplies enabled by reduced power consumption.
• Best selection with four domain-optimized platforms.
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* Contact your sales representative for availability.