Advantages
Longer Battery Life
Xilinx at Work: Low Power can increase battery life up to 10X longer than
competing PLDs due to the lower voltage and operating current of the CoolRunnerTM
& Spartan-XL families. The flexible
power management of the Spartan-XL Family results in lower power and longer
battery life.
Flexible Power Management
Spartan-XL has two power down modes to solve
designer's needs. Both modes offer low standby power. The Manual
mode is a dedicated pin control power saving mode. This puts the
Spartan-XL into a full inactive state (sleep mode) and provides the lowest
possible standby power. The second mode is the Automatic mode.
In this mode, the Spartan-XL stays fully active and is completely controlled
by the designer This allows the designer to control the amount of
power the Spartan-XL device consumes. Both modes are excellent for
portable designs with long periods of inactivity or minimal activity.
Heat Dissipation
In todays low cost portable designs, heat dissipation is a major concern.
Heat sink and fans are not cost effective. Xilinx is helping solve this
problem with Xilinx at Work: Low Power. The lower the power consumption
the lower the heat dissipation. Xilinx low power is eliminating the
need for expensive fans and heat sinks. This makes Xilinx high volume
devices are an excellent choice for small portable computing, hand held
instruments and low profile rack mount applications.
Higher Reliability
High reliability and quality is a goal of all companies.
Xilinx has helped customers for years by providing FIT rates of 10ppm.
Lower power can significantly improves device reliability.
Just a 10 degrees drop in junction temperature can improve FIT rate to
4ppm. Lower FIT rates can save costly in-house rework and very expensive
field failures. Xilinx Solutions increase the complete system reliability
and allow you to provide a higher quality product to your customers.
Small Form Factor Packaging
Continuous size reductions of portable applications, require smaller and
smaller form factor packaging. Xilinx at Work: Low Power solves this requirement
by offering a wide breath of very thin QFP, fine pitch BGA, and chip scale
CSP packages. These packages provide low profile and small footprint,
while still offer a range of pin counts from 48 to 256 pins.  |
Low
Power Market Overview