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Virtex: Is Partial Reconfiguration and Partial Readback supported in Virtex devices?


Record #5027

Product Family: Hardware

Product Line: Virtex

Product Part: Virtex General Hardware

Problem Title:
Virtex: Is Partial Reconfiguration and Partial Readback supported in Virtex devices?


Problem Description:
Keywoards: partial reconfiguration, virtex

Urgency: Standard

General Description: Are Virtex devices partially reconfigurable, if so how can I take advantage of this feature?


Solution 1:

Virtex devices do support partial reconfiguration as well as partial readback of the device. Below are some links to application notes that cover these topics:

(Xilinx XAPP138)
Virtex Configuration and Readback

(Xilinx XAPP151)
Virtex Configuration Architecture Advanced User's Guide

(Xilinx XAPP153)
Status and Control Semaphore Registers Using Partial Reconfiguration




End of Record #5027 - Last Modified: 09/29/99 12:24

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