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       The Spartan-II family is:  
      
        - Based on a cost-optimized Virtex architecture, while the Spartan-XL 
          family is based on the XC4000 architecture
 
        - Based on a 0.18u/0.22u, six layer metal (6LM) process vs. a 0.25u/0.35u, 
          five layer metal (5LM) process for the Spartan-XL family
 
        - >3x density increase (from 40,000 to 150,000 system gates)
 
        - >1.5x speed grade performance (from 100MHz to 150+MHz)
 
        - 2-3x gates per I/O pin
 
        - 2x gates per dollar
 
        - 2x I/O performance
 
        - Operating voltage of 2.5V vs. 3.3V for the Spartan-XL family
 
        - Features an enhanced power-down with register preserve and status 
          pin
 
        - Features dedicated Block SelectRAM in addition to distributed SelectRAM, 
          while the Spartan-XL family only has distributed SelectRAM memory
 
        - Features dedicated DLLs for advanced clock control, while the Spartan-XL 
          family does not 
 
        - Available in fine pitch packages (FG256 and FG456)
 
       
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