XC4VSX35-11FF668I

 

The field-programmable gate array (FPGA) is an integrated circuit consisting of internal hardware blocks with user-programmable interconnects to customize operation for a specific application. The interconnects can readily be reprogrammed, allowing an FPGA to accommodate changes to a design or even support a new application during the part's lifetime. The FPGA has its roots in earlier devices such as programmable read-only memories (PROMs) and programmable logic devices (PLDs).

Many applications rely on the parallel execution of identical operations. The ability to configure the FPGA's CLBs into hundreds or thousands of identical processing blocks has applications in image processing, artificial intelligence (AI), data center hardware accelerators, enterprise networking, and automotive advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). Many of these application areas are changing as requirements evolve, new protocols and standards are adopted. FPGAs enable manufacturers to implement systems that can be updated when necessary.

 

XC4VSX35-11FF668I belongs to the Virtex-4 family from Xilinx.  XC4VSX35-11FF668I comprises an advanced silicon modular block (ASMBL) architecture with a wide variety of flexible features. The architecture of XC4VSX35-11FF668I greatly enhances programmable logic design capabilities. This feature of the XC4VSX35-11FF668I makes it a more suitable product over alternative products such as ASIC technology. The hard-IP core blocks of XC4VSX35-11FF668I consist of PowerPC processors (with a new APU interface), tri-mode Ethernet MACs, 622 Mb/s to 6.5 Gb/s serial transceivers, dedicated DSP slices, high-speed clock management circuitry, and source-synchronous interface blocks.

The features that make XC4VSX35-11FF668I and subsequent FPGAs of the Virtex family a flagship product and put them ahead of the competition being Xesium clock technology comprised of up to twenty digital clock manager (DCM) modules. The XC4VSX35-11FF668I has flexible logic resources that improve the speed at which the logical operations are carried out by 40 % compared to the older generations. The XC4VSX35-11FF668I  offers up to 10 Mb of integrated block memory and optional pipeline stages, significantly improving the performance of XC4VSX35-11FF668I. One of the biggest advantages of choosing XC4VSX35-11FF668I is that its components and the components in Virtex-4 devices use the same interconnect scheme and access to the global routing matrix. The timing models of these various devices are shared, which greatly improves the predictability of the performance for high-speed designs. Xilinx's intellectual property (IP) core in  XC4VSX35-11FF668I makes it ideal for creating highly flexible, concatenated codecs to support the communications market.

The features and functionalities of XC4VSX35-11FF668I and other field programmable Gate arrays of the Xilinx family make it ideal for high-performance applications compared to alternate options (ASIC or Network Processors (NPU) ) or other FPGAs available in the market.