An expansion of the hugely popular Virtex-E family architecture is the Virtex-E Extended Memory (Virtex-EM) family of FPGAs. The Virtex-EM family offers all the Virtex-E family's characteristics in addition to extra block RAM, which is beneficial for systems like network switches and high-performance video graphic systems.
The Virtex-EM product line was created by Xilinx to help clients design systems with high memory bandwidth, such 160 Gb/s network switches. Because the development engineering is already finished, this family of ASIC devices provides quick time-to-market delivery in addition to being more advanced. Just finish the device's design and programming. NRE, silicon production cycles, and other delays for design rework are not present. In addition, designers can update the design over a network at any time, providing product upgrades or updates to customers even sooner.
The outcome of more than fifteen years of FPGA design expertise is the Virtex-EM series. In the past, Xilinx has supported customer applications by offering the best logic, RAM, and features the market has to offer. The Virtex-EM family, the first FPGAs to use copper connectivity, provides the performance and high memory bandwidth needed for advanced system integration without the upfront cost, protracted development times, or inventory risk associated with conventional ASIC development.
