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Xilinx at Work - Low Power 

Xilinx Solution Summary

Traditionally, Programmable Logic has addressed applications that fit at the upper end of the power spectrum (large to small transformers).  Now with CoolRunnerTM and Spartan-XL, Xilinx has expanded the coverage down the spectrum to the battery pack and small dual cell arena.  This allows Xilinx to provide programmable solutions for laptops, cellular communications, MP3, GPS, hand-held instruments, PCMCIA, and PDAs, to mention a few.

The CoolRunner CPLDs are the world's only CPLDs using the patented Fast Zero Power (FZP) design technique to simultaneously deliver high performance and low power consumption.  These devices offer pin-to-pin (tPD) delays of 5ns (or greater than 250 MHz system operation), less than 100uA of standby current and approximately 1/3 the total power consumed by all non-CoolRunner CPLDs at fMAX.  The Spartan-XL Family gives portable designs up to 10X Longer Battery Life and Flexible Power Management over other FPGAs.  The low power attributes of the CoolRunner and SpartanXL translate to lower Heat Dissipation and Higher Reliability for customer applications. These Xilinx at Work solutions eliminate the need for expensive heat sinks and fans. These low power features also allow Xilinx the ability to offer a wide range of Small Form Factor, low cost packaging in the fine pitch and chip scale BGA technologies.
 

Learn more about CoolRunner's Fast Zero Power feature: 
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