Xilinx ships Industry’s First 20nm All Programmable Device

Xilinx has announced the customer shipment of the semiconductor industry’s first 20nm product manufactured by TSMC, and the PLD industry's first 20nm All Programmable device.  

Xilinx UltraScale devices enable next-generation smarter systems with new high-performance architectural requirements for applications such as 400G OTN, packet processing and traffic management, 4X4 Mixed Mode LTE, WCDMA Radio, 4K2K and 8K displays, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), and high-performance computing applications for the data center.
 
Victor Peng, Senior Vice-President & General Manager of Products, Xilinx, stated, This announcement underscores our first-to-market leadership commitment of delivering high-performance FPGAs. The next generation starts now with the shipment of our new UltraScale devices, building upon the tremendous momentum we have established with our 7 series.
 
The delivery of UltraScale devices on TSMC’s 20nm process technology marks a new juncture for the semiconductor industry. We are happy to see Xilinx continue to break a new ground and deliver 20nm silicon to its customers, said Dr Y. J. Mii, Vice-President of R&D, TSMC.
 
Initial UltraScale device samples are shipping now. General sampling will begin in Q12014.
Vivado Design Suite early access supporting UltraScale devices is now available.