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ML410 Embedded Development Platform
UG085 (v1.7.2) December 11, 2008
Chapter 1:
Introduction to Virtex-4, ISE, and EDK
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Built-in ChipSync™ source-synchronous technology
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Digitally-controlled impedance (DCI) active termination
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Fine grained I/O banking (configuration in one bank)
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Flexible logic resources
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Secure Chip AES bitstream encryption
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90 nm copper CMOS process
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1.2V core voltage
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Flip-Chip packaging
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RocketIO™ 622 Mb/s to 6.5 Gb/s multi-gigabit transceivers (MGT)
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IBM PowerPC RISC processor core
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PowerPC 405 (PPC405) core
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Auxiliary processor unit interface (user coprocessor)
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Multiple Tri-Mode Ethernet MACs
PowerPC™ 405 Core
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32-bit Harvard architecture core
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Five-stage execution pipeline
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Integrated 16 KB level 1 instruction cache and 16 KB level 1 data cache
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Integrated level 1 cache parity generation and checking
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CoreConnect™ bus architecture
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Efficient, high-performance on-chip memory (OCM) interface to block RAM
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PLB synchronization logic (enables non-integer CPU-to-PLB clock ratios)
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Auxiliary Processor Unit (APU) interface and integrated APU controller
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Optimized FPGA-based coprocessor connection
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Automatic decode of PowerPC floating-point instructions
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Allows custom instructions (decode for up to eight instructions)
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Extremely efficient microcontroller-style interfacing
Table 1-1:
Virtex-4 FX Family Members
Device
XC4VFX12 XC4VFX20 XC4VFX40
XC4VFX60 XC4VFX100 XC4VFX140
Logic Cells
12,312
19,224
41,904
56,880
94,896
142,128
PPC405
1
1
2
2
2
2
MGTs
N/A
8
12
16
20
24
Block RAM
(Kb)
648
1,224
2,592
4,176
6,768
9,936
XtremeDSP
Multipliers
32
32
48
128
160
192
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