Xilinx tapes out first Virtex UltraScale device
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Xilinx has taped out its first Virtex UltraScale device, which it describes as the 'industry's only high end 20nm offering'.
Manufactured using TSMC's 20SoC process, the VU095 features an asic like programmable architecture which, according to Xilinx, enables up to 2x more realisable system level performance and integration.
Dave Myron, senior director of product management and marketing for Xilinx, said: "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."
The VU095 packs 940k logic cells plus six integrated 150G Interlaken and four 100G Ethernet cores - equivalent to an additional 833k logic cells.
It also features 32.75Gb/s transceivers capable of chip-to-chip and chip-to-optics interfaces, as well as the first ever all programmable 28Gb/s backplane support.
The VU095 is targeted at high end wired communications infrastructure applications such as 4x100G transponders and 4x100G MAC-to-Interlaken bridges, as well as applications in test and measurement, aerospace and defence, and high performance computing.
