The XA Zynq-7000 family provides the performance, power, and usability normally associated with ASICs and ASSPs while offering the flexibility and scalability of an FPGA. With the use of industry-standard tools, designers may target both high-performance and cost-sensitive applications from a single platform by employing the variety of devices in the XA Zynq-7000 SoC family. While the PS is the same across all XA Zynq-7000 family devices, the PL and I/O resources differ.
Custom software and logic can be implemented in the PL and PS using the XA Zynq-7000 architecture. It enables the execution of distinctive and differentiating system functions. The integration of the PS with the PL allows levels of performance that two-chip solutions (e.g., an ASSP with an FPGA) cannot match due to their limited I/O bandwidth, latency, and power budgets.
For the XA Zynq-7000 family, Xilinx provides a wide range of soft IP. The PS and PL peripherals have standalone and Linux device drivers available. For software, hardware, and systems engineers, the award-winning ISE Design Suite: System Edition development environment enables quick product development. In addition to Xilinx's current PL ecosystem, adoption of the ARM-based PS also adds a wide range of outside tools and IP sources. The addition of an application processor makes it possible to support advanced operating systems, such Linux. For the XA Zynq-7000 family, many common operating systems for the Cortex-A9 processor are also accessible. The PS and the PL are on separate power domains, enabling the user of these devices to power down the PL for power management if required. The processors in the PS always boot first, allowing a software centric approach for PL configuration. PL configuration is managed by software running on the CPU, so it boots similar to an ASSP.
The All Programmable SoC architecture from Xilinx serves as the foundation for the XA Zynq-7000 Automotive series. These products combine a 28 nm Xilinx programmable logic (PL) chip and a feature-rich dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor system (PS) into a single unit. The ARM Cortex-A9 CPUs, which also have on-chip memory, external memory interfaces, and a wide range of peripheral connectivity interfaces, constitute the PS's brains. Applications requiring high levels of computational complexity and flexibility would benefit greatly from this highly integrated, versatile, and power-efficient solution. The devices in the automotive family, which focuses on automotive applications, are the Z-7010, Z-7020, and Z-7030 models.
