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Spartan XL - How to estimate power in Spartan XL. What is the K factor ?


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Problem Title:
Spartan XL - How to estimate power in Spartan XL. What is the K factor ?


Problem Description:
Urgency: Standard

General Description:

Estimating power in Spartan XL. What is the K factor value?


Solution 1:

To estimate power in Spartan XL, use xbrf014 for the xc4000
http://support.xilinx.com/xbrf/xbrf014.pdf

A clear description of the power consideration can be found
in the following XCell article:

http://www.xilinx.com/xcell/xl28/xl28_6.pdf





Solution 2:

The K for Spartan XL is 11. Use this value when making
the power calculation described in the application brief.




End of Record #5500 - Last Modified: 11/19/99 14:54

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