The leader in the reprogrammable FPGA market offers the newest, most advanced features in the aerospace and defense sector with the Defense-grade Virtex-5Q series. Size, Weight, and Power - Cost (SWAP-C) reduction requirements are met by the Virtex-5Q series while performance and density are increased for greater integration. The Virtex-5Q series, which is based on the tried-and-true commercial Virtex-5 FPGAs, offers expanded operational temperature ranges that are available off the shelf to meet the needs of the aerospace and defense customer base, as well as ruggedized packaging that guards against tin-whiskering and demanding production procedures. Standard features include mask-set control and long-term product availability. The Virtex-5Q family, which uses the second generation Advanced Silicon Modular Block (ASMBL) column-based design, has the most unique sub-families of any FPGA vendor, with four.
Each subfamily has a unique ratio of characteristics to meet the requirements of a wide range of sophisticated designs. The most cutting-edge, high-performance logic fabric is only one of the many system-level blocks found in Virtex-5Q FPGAs. There are also numerous powerful 36 Kbit block RAM/FIFOs, second-generation 25 x 18 DSP slices, ChipSync technology source-synchronous interface blocks, enhanced clock management tiles (CMTs) with integrated digital clock managers (DCMs), and phaselocked-loop (PLL) clocs. Additional device-specific features include tri-mode Ethernet Media Access Controllers (Ethernet MACs), PCI Express compliant integrated Endpoint blocks, power-optimized, high-speed serial transceiver blocks for improved serial connectivity, and embedded blocks with a high-performance PowerPC 440 microprocessor.
Advanced logic designers may incorporate the highest levels of performance and functionality into their FPGA-based systems thanks to these characteristics. Additionally, sophisticated high-speed serial communication and link/transaction layer functionality are features of the Virtex-5Q LX, LXT, SXT, and FXT FPGAs. For a variety of applications, including imaging, secure applications, electronic warfare, packet processing, and more, Virtex-5Q FPGAs provide the ideal answer for fulfilling the needs of aerospace and defense logic, DSP, and embedded systems designers.
