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The Spartan® series of FPGAs is the best high volume FPGA solution for ASIC replacement.

Family Highlights

  • First ASIC replacement FPGA with on-chip RAM
  • First ASIC replacement FPGA with high performance
  • Industry's lowest price FPGA
  • Advanced process technology for lowest die cost
  • Total cost management for lowest overall cost
  • No compromises: performance, price, core solutions and on-chip RAM
Effective ASIC Replacement

FPGA benefits of fast time to market with:

  • High performance - over 100 MHz system speeds
  • On-chip memory with dual-port, synchronous SelectRAM memory
  • Extensive verified cores with AllianceCORE and LogiCORE products
  • Comprehensive software support - supported in Alliance and Foundation systems
  • Low prices: $2.49 for the 5,000 gate Spartan-XL device in high volume

Total Cost Management

The Spartan series FPGAs have been designed to achieve the lowest total cost to meet an important need of high volume products. This comprehensive effort in total cost management includes:

  • Leading edge process technology: die size parity with gate arrays
  • Streamlined feature set
  • Focused product and package offering
  • Simplified speed file methodology
  • Reduction in assembly, test and overhead expenses
  • Low power design that permits Spartan devices in inexpensive plastic packages

Spartan Series Reduces the Critical Assembly and Test Costs

Advantages Over Competing PLDs

Performance Benchmark designs show the Spartan series to be at least 10% faster than competing FPGAs.
On-Chip SelectRAM Memory The Spartan architecture's dual-port, synchronous RAM feature delivers over twice the performance of FPGAs with only single-port RAM capabilities.
Broad Product Offering The Spartan series offers dozens of device-package combinations covering 2.5, 3.3, and 5 volts.
Lower Power Spartan devices consume half the power of competing FPGA devices.
Lower Price $2.49 for Spartan-XL device.

Distributed High-Performance SelectRAM Memory
  • Build as many high-performance RAM blocks as needed
  • Each block can be cascaded to any width and depth
  • Placed at any desired location within the FPGA
  • Ideal for functions such as FIFOs, DSP filters, accumulators, and scratch-pad memories

Press Releases
  • Xilinx and ARC Cores Announce Alliance for Configurable Processor Cores and World Wide Network of Design Centers - July 3, 2000
  • Xilinx, Lara Networks Announce Availability of New Search Enginer Reference Design for Packet Processing - June 28, 2000
  • Xilinx and Integrated Silicon Systems Announce Strategic Development Agreement - June 26, 2000
  • Xilinx Releases New High Performance Communications Cores - June 26, 2000
  • Xilinx and Xentec Announce Utopia Level 3 Interface Controller Cores - June 5, 2000
  • Xilinx Announces New FIR Filter Generator for Creating World's Highest Performance DSP Solutions - May 31, 2000
  • Xilinx Latest FIR Filter Generator Targets Mainstream DSP Applications - April 11, 2000
  • Xilinx AllianceCore Partners Announce Four 8-Bit Microcontrollers for Virtex Series and Spartan-II FPGAs - March 21, 2000
  • Xilinx and Xentec Announce Internet Data Encryption Solutions for Virtex Series and Spartan-II FPGAs - March 14, 2000
  • Xilinx and Silicon & Software Systems (S3) Announce PCI Design Services Partnership - March 6, 2000
  • Xilinx Announces First Internet Resource for Comprehensive Memory Solutions - March 6, 2000
  • Xilinx and Synopsys Enable ASIC Designers' Adoption of Xilinx FPGAs - March 3, 2000
  • Xilinx and Xentec Announce Image Compression Cores for Virtex-E and Spartan-II FPGAs - February 28, 2000
  • Xilinx Announces Industry's First Memory Solution for Quad Data Rate SRAMs - February 22, 2000
  • Xilinx and AllianceCORE Partners Announce Spartan-II FPGA HDLC Controller Solution for $4 - February 14, 2000
  • Xilinx Releases New Reed-Solomon Solutions for Below $10 - February 7, 2000
  • Xilinx Extends its Lead in PCI Market with Complete 64- and 32-Bit Solutions Below ASSP Prices - January 31, 2000
  • Xilinx Announces Wide Range of Design Solutions for MP3 Applications - January 24, 2000
  • Xilinx and Applied Telecom Announce $15 IMA Solution for Spartan-II FPGAs - January 17, 2000
  • Xilinx Unveils Spartan-II FPGAs: Next Generation of Low Cost FPGAs as Programmable Replacements for ASICs and ASSPs - January 10, 2000
  • More Than 50 IP Cores Available Immediately for New Xilinx Spartan-II FPGAs - 66 Available Today - January 10, 2000
  • Xilinx FPGAs Provide Spring Tide Networks with Alternative to ASICs - October 25, 1999
  • Xilinx Online Field Upgradeable Capability Powers New Remote Server Management System from APEX - August 2, 1999
  • Xilinx Announces Most Advanced Chip Scale Packaging - May 18, 1999
  • Xilinx Prices Spartan FPGAs and XC9500 CPLDs for Aggressive Penetration into New High-Volume Applications - April 19, 1999
  • Xilinx Ships One Millionth Spartan FPGA - March 15, 1999
  • Xilinx Announces Single-Chip PCI Solution for Less Than $7 - February 8, 1999
  • Xilinx Set to Penetrate New Markets with Biggest Product Launch in History of PLD Industry - September 28, 1998
  • New Spartan Series Offers Programmable Logic Advantages to High Volume ASIC Users - January 12, 1998
  • Xilinx Announces Broad Line of Cores Optimized for New Spartan Series - January 12, 1998

Spartan Device Files

Spartan/XL Families

*Note that CS packages are for Spartan-XL only
  XCS05/XL XCS10/XL XCS20/XL XCS30/XL XCS40/XL
System Gates 2K-5K 3K-10K 7K-20K 10K-30K 13K-40K
Logic Cells 238 466 950 1,368 1,862
Max Logic Gates 3,000 5,000 10,000 13,000 20,000
Flip-Flops 360 616 1,120 1,536 2,016
Max RAM bits 3,200 6,272 12,800 18,432 25,088
Max Available I/O 77 112 160 192 224
Packages PC84 PC84      
  VQ100 VQ100 VQ100 VQ100  
    CS144 CS144    
    TQ144 TQ144 TQ144  
      PQ208 PQ208 PQ208
        PQ240 PQ240
        BG256 BG256
        CS280 CS280

Spartan-II Family

  XC2S15 XC2S30 XC2S50 XC2S100 XC2S150 XC2S200
System Gates 6K-15K 13K-30K 23K-50K 37K-100K 52K-150K 71k-200k
Logic Cells 432 972 1,728 2,700 3,888 5,292
Block RAM bits 16,384 24,576 32,768 40,960 49,152 57,344
Max Available I/O 86 132 176 196 260 284
Packages VQ100 VQ100        
  CS144 CS144        
  TQ144 TQ144 TQ144 TQ144    
    PQ208 PQ208 PQ208 PQ208 PQ208
      FG256 FG256 FG256 FG256
        FG456 FG456 FG456
 
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