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FPGAs are the system
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09/05/2008
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When it was unveiled in May 2006, the Virtex-5 family was one of the first products to be targeted at a 65nm process. And that’s a common factor amongst programmable logic devices – manufacturers take the view that they can maximise their opportunities by making their products on to the latest silicon process.
There are a number of reasons for this, including financial. But one of the main attractions is the ability to reduce dynamic power consumption.
Statistics provided by Xilinx at the time of the launch claimed a 30% boost in processing speeds for Virtex-5 parts compared to their 90nm predecessors, along with a 35% reduction in dynamic power consumption and the same level of static power consumption.
Another attraction is that the latest manufacturing processes offer the best opportunity to include the various features that support the ‘system on a chip’ approach.
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Author
Graham Pitcher
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