The Spartan® series of FPGAs is the best high volume FPGA solution for ASIC replacement.

Family Highlights

• First ASIC replacement FPGA with on-chip RAM
• First ASIC replacement FPGA with high performance
• Industry's lowest price FPGA
• Advanced process technology for lowest die cost
• Total cost management for lowest overall cost
• No compromises: performance, price, core solutions and on-chip RAM

FPGA benefits of fast time to market with:

• High performance - over 100 MHz system speeds
• On-chip memory with dual-port, synchronous SelectRAM memory
• Extensive verified cores with AllianceCORE and LogiCORE products
• Comprehensive software support - supported in Alliance and Foundation systems
• Low prices: $2.49 for the 5,000 gate Spartan-XL device in high volume

Total Cost Management

The Spartan series FPGAs have been designed to achieve the lowest total cost to meet an important need of high volume products. This comprehensive effort in total cost management includes:

• Leading edge process technology: die size parity with gate arrays
• Streamlined feature set
• Focused product and package offering
• Simplified speed file methodology
• Reduction in assembly, test and overhead expenses
• Low power design that permits Spartan devices in inexpensive plastic packages

Advantages Over Competing PLDs

Performance	Benchmark designs show the Spartan series to be at least 10% faster than competing FPGAs.
On-Chip SelectRAM Memory	The Spartan architecture's dual-port, synchronous RAM feature delivers over twice the performance of FPGAs with only single-port RAM capabilities.
Broad Product Offering	The Spartan series offers dozens of device-package combinations covering 2.5, 3.3, and 5 volts.
Lower Power	Spartan devices consume half the power of competing FPGA devices.
Lower Price	$2.49 for Spartan-XL device.

Distributed High-Performance SelectRAM Memory

Build as many high-performance RAM blocks as needed Each block can be cascaded to any width and depth Placed at any desired location within the FPGA Ideal for functions such as FIFOs, DSP filters, accumulators, and scratch-pad memories

Press Releases

Xilinx and ARC Cores Announce Alliance for Configurable Processor Cores and World Wide Network of Design Centers - July 3, 2000 Xilinx, Lara Networks Announce Availability of New Search Enginer Reference Design for Packet Processing - June 28, 2000 Xilinx and Integrated Silicon Systems Announce Strategic Development Agreement - June 26, 2000 Xilinx Releases New High Performance Communications Cores - June 26, 2000 Xilinx and Xentec Announce Utopia Level 3 Interface Controller Cores - June 5, 2000 Xilinx Announces New FIR Filter Generator for Creating World's Highest Performance DSP Solutions - May 31, 2000 Xilinx Latest FIR Filter Generator Targets Mainstream DSP Applications - April 11, 2000 Xilinx AllianceCore Partners Announce Four 8-Bit Microcontrollers for Virtex Series and Spartan-II FPGAs - March 21, 2000 Xilinx and Xentec Announce Internet Data Encryption Solutions for Virtex Series and Spartan-II FPGAs - March 14, 2000 Xilinx and Silicon & Software Systems (S3) Announce PCI Design Services Partnership - March 6, 2000 Xilinx Announces First Internet Resource for Comprehensive Memory Solutions - March 6, 2000 Xilinx and Synopsys Enable ASIC Designers' Adoption of Xilinx FPGAs - March 3, 2000 Xilinx and Xentec Announce Image Compression Cores for Virtex-E and Spartan-II FPGAs - February 28, 2000 Xilinx Announces Industry's First Memory Solution for Quad Data Rate SRAMs - February 22, 2000 Xilinx and AllianceCORE Partners Announce Spartan-II FPGA HDLC Controller Solution for $4 - February 14, 2000 Xilinx Releases New Reed-Solomon Solutions for Below $10 - February 7, 2000 Xilinx Extends its Lead in PCI Market with Complete 64- and 32-Bit Solutions Below ASSP Prices - January 31, 2000 Xilinx Announces Wide Range of Design Solutions for MP3 Applications - January 24, 2000 Xilinx and Applied Telecom Announce $15 IMA Solution for Spartan-II FPGAs - January 17, 2000 Xilinx Unveils Spartan-II FPGAs: Next Generation of Low Cost FPGAs as Programmable Replacements for ASICs and ASSPs - January 10, 2000 More Than 50 IP Cores Available Immediately for New Xilinx Spartan-II FPGAs - 66 Available Today - January 10, 2000 Xilinx FPGAs Provide Spring Tide Networks with Alternative to ASICs - October 25, 1999 Xilinx Online Field Upgradeable Capability Powers New Remote Server Management System from APEX - August 2, 1999 Xilinx Announces Most Advanced Chip Scale Packaging - May 18, 1999 Xilinx Prices Spartan FPGAs and XC9500 CPLDs for Aggressive Penetration into New High-Volume Applications - April 19, 1999 Xilinx Ships One Millionth Spartan FPGA - March 15, 1999 Xilinx Announces Single-Chip PCI Solution for Less Than $7 - February 8, 1999 Xilinx Set to Penetrate New Markets with Biggest Product Launch in History of PLD Industry - September 28, 1998 New Spartan Series Offers Programmable Logic Advantages to High Volume ASIC Users - January 12, 1998 Xilinx Announces Broad Line of Cores Optimized for New Spartan Series - January 12, 1998

Spartan Device Files

Latest Development System Updates Boundary Scan BSDL Files I/O IBIS Models

Spartan/XL Families

*Note that CS packages are for Spartan-XL only

	XCS05/XL	XCS10/XL	XCS20/XL	XCS30/XL	XCS40/XL
System Gates	2K-5K	3K-10K	7K-20K	10K-30K	13K-40K
Logic Cells	238	466	950	1,368	1,862
Max Logic Gates	3,000	5,000	10,000	13,000	20,000
Flip-Flops	360	616	1,120	1,536	2,016
Max RAM bits	3,200	6,272	12,800	18,432	25,088
Max Available I/O	77	112	160	192	224
Packages	PC84	PC84
	VQ100	VQ100	VQ100	VQ100
		CS144	CS144
		TQ144	TQ144	TQ144
			PQ208	PQ208	PQ208
				PQ240	PQ240
				BG256	BG256
				CS280	CS280

Spartan-II Family