Xilinx has released another industry first at 20nm with the tape-out of the first Virtex UltraScale device. Based on the UltraScale architecture, the Virtex UltraScale family provides system integration and bandwidth for a wide range of applications. The UltraScale architecture can deliver customers an ASIC-class advantage by deploying multiple ASIC techniques and a new routing architecture to remove next-generation interconnect and scalability bottlenecks. The UltraScale architecture scales from 20nm planar through 16nm FinFET technologies and from monolithic through 3D ICs.
“With the Virtex UltraScale 20nm family having no direct competition, and based on the industry’s only ASIC class architecture, only Xilinx is delivering the technology needed for next- generation smart and high-performance systems. By delivering another 1.5 to 2x system performance and integration a generation ahead of the competition, the Virtex UltraScale family is now the optimal choice over ASIC, ASSP and FPGA alternatives,” said Dave Myron, Senior Director of FPGA Product Management and Marketing.
The Virtex UltraScale VU095 is designed ideally for high-end wired communications infrastructure applications like 4x100G transponders and 4x100G MAC-to-Interlaken bridges, as well as applications in test and measurement, aerospace and defense, and high performance computing.
