An editor's glance at the XC4000XLA FPGA family Xilinx introduces new XC4000XLA FPGA family with 65 percent die size and 75 percent price reduction over industry-leading XC4000XL family Intro Technology description: Key features: Product availability: Package options: Configuration solutions: Software support: Intro The XC4000XLA family is a derivative of the popular 3.3-volt XC4000XL family targeted for high-performance, low-voltage applications. All 11 members of the XC4000XL family have been in production for a year and receiving overwhelming demand for their capabilities, density capacities, and low-power benefits. The XC4000XLA continues the Xilinx standard of superior high performance set with the preceding family at a reduced cost, die size, and improved performance. Technology description: based on an advanced 0.25 micron, 3.3-volt process from Seiko complete redesign of the XC4000XL family delivering reduced die size and price and increased performance Key features: 65 percent die size reduction over the XC4000XL devices 55 to 76 percent price reduction over the XC4000XL devices 30 percent power reduction over the XC4000XL devices up to 30 percent performance improvement over the XC400XL devices high-performance synchronous DRAM (SDRAM) 100 MHz support and beyond footprint compatible across multiple package options one millimeter ball grid array package offering Product availability: Logic cells System gates Maximum I/Os Price * low volume availability XC4013XLA 1368 10k - 13k 192 $11.80 now XC4020XLA 1862 13k - 40k 224 13.90 98Q4 XC4028XLA 2432 18k - 50k 256 23.80 98Q4 XC4036XLA 3078 22k - 65k 288 31.50 now XC4044XLA 3800 27k - 80k 320 39.00 98Q4 XC4052XLA 4598 33k - 100k 352 46.50 98Q4 XC4062XLA 5472 40k - 130k 384 55.00 now XC4085XLA 7448 55k - 180k 448 75.00 now * Pricing for 100,000-plus unit quantities in mid-1999 Package options: 160-, 208-, 240-, and 304-pin quad flat packs; 256-, 352-, 432-, and 560-pin ball grid arrays (BGA); one millimeter ball grid array Configuration solutions: The Xilinx XC1704L and XC1702L SPROM in 44-pin very thin quad flat packs (VQ44) support these higher density devices largest SPROMs for FPGAs in the industry in serial configuration bit size-only 2 and 4Mb SPROM offering easiest to design as FPGA designer generates and downloads the bitstream lowest cost configuration solution for FPGA designers, saving board space and other combinations Software support: Available now in the latest version, version 1.5, both the Foundation and Alliance Series software Top of page | Return to PLD Press Kit page