XC4VLX15-12FFG676C XILINX Virtex-4 Family FPGAS IC (Integrated circuit) XC4VLX15-12FFG676I

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General Description Combining Advanced Silicon Modular Block (ASMBL™) architecture with a wide variety of flexible features, the Virtex®-4 family from Xilinx greatly enhances programmable logic design capabilities, making it a powerful alternative to ASIC technology. Virtex-4 FPGAs comprise three platform families—LX, FX, and SX—offering multiple feature choices and combinations to address all complex applications. The wide array of Virtex-4 FPGA hard-IP core blocks includes the 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 basic Virtex-4 FPGA building blocks are enhancements of those found in the popular Virtex, Virtex-E, Virtex-II, Virtex-II Pro, and Virtex-II Pro X product families, so previous-generation designs are upward compatible. Virtex-4 devices are produced on a state-of-the-art 90 nm copper process using 300 mm (12-inch) wafer technology.

Summary of Virtex-4 Family Features

• Three Families — LX/SX/FX - Virtex-4 LX: High-performance logic applications solution - Virtex-4 SX: High-performance solution for digital signal processing (DSP) applications - Virtex-4 FX: High-performance, full-featured solution for embedded platform applications

• Xesium™ Clock Technology - Digital clock manager (DCM) blocks - Additional phase-matched clock dividers (PMCD) - Differential global clocks • XtremeDSP™ Slice - 18 x 18, two’s complement, signed Multiplier - Optional pipeline stages - Built-in Accumulator (48-bit) and Adder/Subtracter • Smart RAM Memory Hierarchy - Distributed RAM - Dual-port 18-Kbit RAM blocks · Optional pipeline stages · Optional programmable FIFO logic automatically remaps RAM signals as FIFO signals - High-speed memory interface supports DDR and DDR-2 SDRAM, QDR-II, and RLDRAM-II.

• SelectIO™ Technology - 1.5V to 3.3V I/O operation - Built-in ChipSync™ source-synchronous technology - Digitally controlled impedance (DCI) active termination - Fine grained I/O banking (configuration in one bank) • Flexible Logic Resources • Secure Chip AES Bitstream Encryption • 90 nm Copper CMOS Process • 1.2V Core Voltage • Flip-Chip Packaging including Pb-Free Package Choices • RocketIO™ 622 Mb/s to 6.5 Gb/s Multi-Gigabit Transceiver (MGT) [FX only] • IBM PowerPC RISC Processor Core [FX only] - PowerPC 405 (PPC405) Core - Auxiliary Processor Unit Interface (User Coprocessor) • Multiple Tri-Mode Ethernet MACs [FX only]

Architectural Description:

Virtex-4 FPGA Array Overview Virtex-4 devices are user-programmable gate arrays with various configurable elements and embedded cores optimized for high-density and high-performance system designs. Virtex-4 devices implement the following functionality: • I/O blocks provide the interface between package pins and the internal configurable logic. Most popular and leading-edge I/O standards are supported by programmable I/O blocks (IOBs). The IOBs are enhanced for source-synchronous applications. Source-synchronous optimizations include per-bit deskew, data serializer/deserializer, clock dividers, and dedicated local clocking resources. • Configurable Logic Blocks (CLBs), the basic logic elements for Xilinx FPGAs, provide combinatorial and synchronous logic as well as distributed memory and SRL16 shift register capability. • Block RAM modules provide flexible 18Kbit true dual-port RAM, that are cascadable to form larger memory blocks. In addition, Virtex-4 FPGA block RAMs contain optional programmable FIFO logic for increased device utilization. • Cascadable embedded XtremeDSP slices with 18-bit x 18-bit dedicated multipliers, integrated Adder, and 48-bit accumulator.

Architectural Description: Virtex-4 FPGA Array Overview Virtex-4 devices are user-programmable gate arrays with various configurable elements and embedded cores optimized for high-density and high-performance system designs. Virtex-4 devices implement the following functionality: • I/O blocks provide the interface between package pins and the internal configurable logic. Most popular and leading-edge I/O standards are supported by programmable I/O blocks (IOBs). The IOBs are enhanced for source-synchronous applications. Source-synchronous optimizations include per-bit deskew, data serializer/deserializer, clock dividers, and dedicated local clocking resources. • Configurable Logic Blocks (CLBs), the basic logic elements for Xilinx FPGAs, provide combinatorial and synchronous logic as well as distributed memory and SRL16 shift register capability. • Block RAM modules provide flexible 18Kbit true dual-port RAM, that are cascadable to form larger memory blocks. In addition, Virtex-4 FPGA block RAMs contain optional programmable FIFO logic for increased device utilization. • Cascadable embedded XtremeDSP slices with 18-bit x 18-bit dedicated multipliers, integrated Adder, and 48-bit accumulator.

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