An editor's glance at the XC4000XV FPGA family Xilinx XC4000XV series doubles the capacity of the programmable logic industry Intro Key features of the industry's highest density FPGA: Product availability: Package options: Configuration solutions: Software support: Intro The XC4000XV FPGA family represents the first products produced from the joint venture with United Microelectronics Corporation in Taiwan. The process is a second generation of the Xilinx 0.25-micron process building on the first generation 0.25-micron process Xilinx announced last year. This FPGA family ranges in density from 110,000 to 500,000 system gates and 2.5 volt core operation and is a density extension of the industry's single most successful FPGA architecture, the XC4000 series, since inception in 1992. Key features of the industry's highest density FPGA: 500,000 system gates system performance of over 100 MHz 2.5-volt internal operation with 3.3-volt I/Os for compatibility with existing voltage standards second generation 0.25 micron process with five layers of metal actual drawn gate length of 0.22 micron footprint compatible with the XC4000XL family Product availability: Logic cells System gates Maximum I/Os Price * low volume Availability XC40110XV-09 (PQ 240) 9,728 75k - 200k 448 $132 98Q4 XC40150XV-09 (PQ240) 12,312 100k - 300k 448 198 now XC40200XV-09 (BG432) 16,758 130k - 400k 448 288 98Q4 XC40250XV-09 (BG432) 20,102 180k - 500k 448 403 98Q4 * Pricing for 100,000-plus unit quantities in mid-1999 Package options: 240-pin Quad Flat Pack(QFP) 352-pin, 432-pin, 560-pin ball grid array (BGA) 559- pin Pin Grid Array (PGA) One mm ball grid array (BGA) Configuration solutions: The Xilinx XC1704L and XC1702L SPROM in 44-pin very thin quad flat packages (VQ44) support these higher density devices The XC1704L is the largest SPROM for FPGAs in the industry in serial configuration bit size-only 2 Mb and 4 Mb SPROM offerings in the industry easiest to design as FPGA designer generates and downloads the bitstream lowest cost configuration solution for FPGA designers ~ saves board space because there is only one part ~ does not require customers to do a process/logic/flash combination solution 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