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Spartan-6 FPGA Power Management
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Spartan-6 FPGA Clocking Resources User Guide
This guide describes the clocking resources available in all Spartan-6 devices,
including the DCMs and PLLs.
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Spartan-6 FPGA Block RAM Resources User Guide
This guide describes the Spartan-6 device block RAM capabilities.
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Spartan-6 FPGA Configurable Logic Blocks User Guide
This guide describes the capabilities of the configurable logic blocks (CLBs) available
in all Spartan-6 devices.
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Spartan-6 FPGA GTP Transceivers User Guide
This guide describes the GTP transceivers available in the Spartan-6 LXT FPGAs.
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Spartan-6 FPGA DSP48A1 Slice User Guide
This guide describes the architecture of the DSP48A1 slice in Spartan-6 FPGAs and
provides configuration examples.
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Spartan-6 FPGA Memory Controller User Guide
This guide describes the Spartan-6 FPGA memory controller block, a dedicated
embedded multi-port memory controller that greatly simplifies interfacing
Spartan-6 FPGAs to the most popular memory standards.
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Spartan-6 FPGA PCB Design and Pin Planning Guide
This guide provides information on PCB design for Spartan-6 devices, with a focus on
strategies for making design decisions at the PCB and interface level.
These documents provide additional background:
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WP298
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Power Consumption at 40 nm and 45 nm
, White Paper
At 40 and 45 nm process nodes, power has become the primary factor for FPGA
selection. Spartan-6 FPGAs offer lower power, simpler power systems and PCB
complexity, better reliability, and lower system cost. This white paper details how
Xilinx designed for this new reality in Spartan-6 (45 nm) and Virtex®-6 (40 nm) FPGA
families, achieving dramatic power reductions over previous generation devices.
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WP370
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Reducing Switching Power with Intelligent Clock Gating
, White Paper
Xilinx delivers the first automated, fine-grain clock-gating solution that can reduce
dynamic power by up to 30% for Spartan-6 FPGA designs.
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WP396
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High-Volume
Spartan-6
FPGAs: Performance and Power Leadership by Design
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White Paper
This white paper describes how Spartan-6 FPGAs address the needs of high-volume
systems. The ability to connect efficiently and inexpensively to commodity memories,
high-performance chip-to-chip interface capability, and innovative power down
modes are just a few of the problems solved by high-performance, low-power, and
low-cost Spartan-6 FPGAs.
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