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How Xilinx Artix Increases the Performance Bar for Small Form Factor Applications

The digital revolution has increased expectations for savvy FPGA designers. There is more competition in cost-sensitive industries like communications infrastructure and consumer electronics. Therefore, this requires a portfolio of high-performance features over a wide density range. Developers need to extend use models for advanced processing bandwidth while keeping power to a minimum. Also, developers must do this without compromising performance.

The Xilinx Artix offers cost-sensitive solutions by minimizing power consumption by 50% from the previous generation. Also, it provides signal processing capabilities and high-grade transceivers for high bandwidth applications.

What is Xilinx Artix?

XILINX ARTIX 7 FPGA

The Xilinx Artix is specially designed on the 28nm HPL process. This device offers the best performance-per-watt. This FPGA has redefined cost-sensitive solutions using another approach. Also, the Xilinx Artix is specifically optimized for low power applications that need high DSP and serial transceivers. Artix offers the lowest bill of materials cost for cost-sensitive applications.

Xilinx Artix allows an unparalleled improvement in system performance with 2.9 Tb/s of I/O bandwidth. Also, this FPGA consumes less power than previous generation FPGAs. In addition, it offers a programmable alternative to ASICs and ASSPs. Artix addresses the range of system requirements ranging from small factor, high-volume applications to high-end connectivity bandwidth.

In addition, this Artix FPGAs are suitable for products such as military radios, compact wireless infrastructure, and medical equipment. Artix meets the demands of cost-sensitive industries like communications and avionics. Also, Artix was specially introduced with edge applications in mind.

The Artix devices extend the low-cost portfolio created by Spartan families. Also, Xilinx Artix enhances performance at the lowest level of power. This device extends the capabilities of FPGA technology to applications demanding performances offered by Virtex FPGA.  Also, Artix increases performance limits by integrating low power. This is a result of the TSMC’s high performance chosen by Xilinx.

Xilinx Artix was specially designed to address some major challenges in the FPGA industry. These challenges include:

  • Minimizing power for greater portability
  • Offering highest performance while maintaining low cost
  • Providing improved functionality in a small form factor

Therefore, Artix provided solutions to these challenges by offering:

  • 50 percent lower power than previous generation
  • Small footprint and packaging
  • More than 2000DMIPs of processing power and drag and drop peripherals
  • Best performance-per-watt
  • Part of the widest All Programmable Cost-optimized platform

Capabilities of Xilinx Artix

The capabilities of Xilinx Artix distinguish it from previous generation FPGAs. These capabilities include:

Smallest package

Xilinx artix offers small footprint and packaging. Also, this FPGA offers chip-scale BGA packaging. Artix comes in a 10 x 10mm package for optimal system integration. It also allows migration of package across family.

Half power consumption

Artix consumes less power than the previous generation. Also, the sub-watt performance of Artix ranges from 13K to 2000K logic cells. Xilinx Artix features the lowest-power industrial speed grade.

New performance levels

Xilinx Artix features 6.6 Gb/s transceivers that allow 211Gb/s peak bandwidth. Also, there is integrated memory interface for specific access. Artix comprises single and double differential Input/Output standards with speeds of about 1.25 Gb/s.

Low risk

The integrated IP blocks of Artix help to minimize development time and risk. Also, there are integrated wizards that enable rapid development of in-built blocks. Xilinx Artix offers development kits with reference designs for design starts.

More Facts About Xilinx Artix

Full pcb manufacturing

Artix FPGA devices offer the most optimized transceivers and lowest power in the industry. This FPGA family is ideal for cost-sensitive applications that require high-end features. Also, the Artix family is the cost-optimized performance leader in the industry. As regards signal processing, performance, and memory interfaces, Artix offers the best.

Artix FPGAs provide other system integration capabilities like advanced Analog Mixed Signal technology. Analog is considered the next level of integration that is well accomplished with the independent dual 12-bit.

Xilinx Artix is one of the broadest All Programmable Cost-Optimized Portfolio. It offers the best value for a particular application. Also, the portfolio features Spartan 6 and Spartan 7 FPGAs, which offer I/O optimization.  To begin with Xilinx Artix, Xilinx provides both Artix-7 50T and Artix 7 AC701 evaluation kits. This allows quick prototyping for cost-sensitive applications. Also, the integrated DSP capabilities offer 1,306 GMACs for wideband waveforms.

Applications of Xilinx Artix

Xilinx Artix offers low-cost, high-performance solutions to cost-sensitive applications. Also, these FPGAs offer great features and benefits which make them widely used in applications that demand high-end features.

Portable medical equipment

Designers can integrate a fully programmable 64-channel portable ultrasound that scales about 196 or 256 channels. Artix offers about 930 GMACs of DSP processing which enables high quality imaging. Also, there is a small form factor for table-sized devices. Artix plays a crucial role in portable medical equipment development. Also, Xilinx Artix offers the best performance, compactness, and power efficiency for portable applications.

Industrial

Integrating Artix and Xilinx IP solutions allows a small form factor PLC with advanced flexibility and less power consumption. This serves as a companion device to the main processor. Also, the FPGA replaces communication expansion modules. Artix devices offer unprecedented integration levels and the programmability needed to compete.

Aerospace and defense

AThe Xilinx Artix offers integrated Type-1 single-chip cryptography (SCC) solution for secure SWaP-C results. Also, extensive DSP resources enable processing capacity of waveform to incorporate the cryptographic and modern engine on a single chip.

Microwave backhaul equipment

For microwave backhaul equipment builders that support 4G rollouts, Artix devices enables integration of packet processing functions on a single device. Also, Artix offers the greatest performance per watt which enables excellent bandwidth.

Small cellular base stations and portable medical devices makers can now leverage high-end FPGA capabilities and expand their markets.

Conclusion

The Xilinx Artix displays the robustness of the 6.6 Gb/s transceiver and the features for DSP applications. Also, Artix offers lower static and lower dynamic power consumption. This helps ultrasound equipment engineers to achieve the greatest image resolution. Furthermore Artix FPGA devices can meet safety standards and extend battery life. Xilinx Artix focuses on transforming the FPGA industry with its advanced capabilities.

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