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Finish Faster with Xilinx DSP Design Solutions
Xilinx System Generator for DSP
Pre-verified Signal Processing Algorithms as IP Cores
The industrys premier solution for FPGA-based DSP design enables

you to:
Xilinx and partners provide a range of DSP IP cores that are

optimized for speed and cost.
Generate high-performance DSP algorithms in FPGAs from a

high level executable specification in Simulink
FEC: Reed-Solomon, Viterbi, TCCs, and others
Accelerate simulations by orders of magnitude using your target

hardware in the loop with Simulink or ModelSim
Math functions: CORDIC, Multiplier, MACs, and others

Video IPCompression scaling and others
Import VHDL and Verilog modules directly into Simulink using a

ModelSim co-simulation interface
Todays signal-processing systems
Industry-standard DSP connectivity with Serial RapidIO, PCI,

and EMIF
demand increasingly higher
FFTs, Filters, and others
Specify state machine and other logic using MATLAB code that is
automatically compiled into RTL HDL
performance and flexibility.

Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs are ideally
suited for high-performance signalprocessing tasks traditionally serviced
by an ASIC or ASSP. They allow you to
create high-performance DSP engines
that can boost the performance of
your programmable DSP system by
performing complementary
co-processing functions in digital
communications, video/imaging, and
other applications. The Virtex-4 FPGA
family is the newest and most powerful
addition to the Xilinx XtremeDSP
solution, providing blazing DSP performance with unrivalled economy. With up
to 512 XtremeDSP slices operating at
DSP Services and Support for Virtex-4 FPGAs
500 MHz, these devices can implement

DSP Education Services
DSP Support Services
DSP Design Services
Reduce your time-to-knowledge with public,

private, and online courses including:
Ensure the success of your DSP project with

award-winning technical support, including:
Reduce your project risk by allowing our

engineers to help you with:
DSP Design Flow (three-day course)
Industrys best support web site
System architecting
DSP Implementation Techniques for Xilinx

FPGAs (three-day course)
Free DSP hotline support
FPGA implementation
Platinum DSP hotline support
IP core modification
Titanium on-site AE support
Turnkey system design
complex tasks such as:

Hundreds of IF-to-baseband down
conversion channels
128X chip-rate processing for spreadspectrum systems
High-definition H.264 and MPEG-4
Take the Next Step
encode/decode algorithms
Learn more about achieving blazing DSP performance with unrivalled economy. Visit us online at www.xilinx.com/virtex4
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The XtremeDSP solution accelerates
The Programmable Logic CompanySM
All three Virtex-4 platforms offer XtremeDSP capabilities. Choose the device that provides
the optimal ratio of DSP performance for your unique application.
Virtex-4 SX devices offer the most cost-effective implementation of ultra-highperformance DSP functionality, with the highest ratio of XtremeDSP slices
up to 512 slices delivering up to 256 GMACS performance
Virtex-4 LX devices offer ample XtremeDSP slices and add more logic, memory,
and I/O resources
Virex-4 FX devices add embedded PowerPC processors and RocketIO multi-gigabit
transceivers
Easiest-to-use Design Solutions for FPGA-based DSP

Xilinx and its partners provide complete solutions for rapid DSP development and
implementation.
Reduce design time with System Generator for DSP
Implement fast, highly optimized algorithms with a rich DSP IP library
Bring products to market faster with award-winning technical support and DSP services
property cores, and design services.

verifying, and deploying your DSP algorithms
PN 0010801
Optimized Performance and Cost for Your DSP Applications
superior devices, design tools, intellectual
and systems in FPGAs.
Printed in the U.S.A.
The 500 MHz XtremeDSP slice delivers unmatched versatility, efficiency, and performance.
Configure each XtremeDSP slice for over 40 DSP functions, such as multiply-accumulate,
multiply, addition, and multiplexing
Reduce DSP power consumption by 86% (57W/MHz) and save precious logic resources
for other tasks
Cascade multiple XtremeDSP slices at full system speed to build complex filters and
multi-precision functions
your products time-to-market through
This gives you the fastest means of designing,
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XtremeDSP Slice Delivers Maximum Performance and Efficiency
Versatile 500 MHz XtremeDSP Slices
Integrated Hard and Soft Microprocessors
The Challenge: Implement high-performance DSP algorithms

more cost-effectively.
The Challenge: Complex control and RTOS implementation.
The Virtex-4 Solution: Up to 512 new XtremeDSP slices
The Virtex-4 Solution: A broad selection of 8- to 32-bit microprocessor systems and operating system support
(VxWorks, Integrity, Linux, etc.)
500 MHz throughput (256 GMACS overall performance)
Hard 32-bit IBM PowerPC 405 cores in FX platforms for implementing advanced
frameworks such as Software Communications Architectures (SCAs) for software-defined
radio applications
in 4VSX55
40+ arithmetic functions
1/7th the power compared to previous-generation FPGAs
Xilinx PicoBlaze and MicroBlaze soft microprocessors for control circuits
Directly cascadeable without loss in speed
Whether you are working with spread-spectrum, multi-carrier, or

narrowband communication systems, Virtex-4 FPGAs are the ideal choice.
Example: Cable Head-end System
Example: Wireless Base station
Spread Spectrum
(eg. 3GPP2)
Digital Radio Card

Spectrum
Channelization
Use the new XtremeDSP

slices to efficiently
implement:
Internet
Web &
Application
Servers
Remultipliers
(StatMuxes)
Digital Radio Functions

Baseband Functions
TV
Broadcast
Receivers
XtremeDSP slices are
DDC
Chip Rate
RACH Rx
Path Profiler
TCC
Viterbi
Polyphase Transform
Matched Filter
used in the receive path

(shown adjacent) and the
transmit path for
corresponding transmit
functions.
Block Parameters:
MPEG Encoder
Scaling, filtering
Motion estimation hierarchical
1/2 or 1/4 pel resolution
Deblocking
Variable length coder (VLC)
DCT
CMTS Router
Backplane (e.g. Fibre Channel)
Narrowband
Baseband Card
QAM
Adaptive EQ
Carrier/Timing
Recovery
Reed Solomon
Viterbi
De/Interleaver
Video Servers
Modulator
OFDM
MIMO
TCC
LDPC
Multi-Carrier
Compact Multi-Channel Designs using SRL16s

The Challenge: Keep cost and power down for multi-channel
signal-processing designs
The Virtex-4 Solution: Unique SRL16s enable you to achieve
very high compute density and make efficient use of logic slices.
Powerful Serial and Parallel Interfaces

The Challenge: Need to interface to DSP processors, memory, and other systems
The Virtex-4 Solution: Extremely flexible I/O interfaces
Single-Channel
Reed Solomon Encoder Replicated
16 times (without using SRL16s)
DSP Processors &

ADCs and DACs
Serial RapidIO
EMIF etc.
LVDS etc.
External Memories
System Interfaces
DRAM
DDR2, DDR
SDRAM, RLDRAM II
FCRAMII
Serial RapidIO
SRAM
QDRII, ZBT
PCI Express
PCI
HD-SDI
Aurora
Using a single SRL16, a 16-channel

Reed-Solomon encoder consumes only
10% of the silicon area compared to a
design that simply replicates a single
channel version 16 times.
Efficient 16-channel RS-Encoder

using a Single SRL16

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Finish Faster with Xilinx DSP Design Solutions

Xilinx System Generator for DSP

Pre-verified Signal Processing Algorithms as IP Cores

The industrys premier solution for FPGA-based DSP design enables

Xilinx and partners provide a range of DSP IP cores that are

Generate high-performance DSP algorithms in FPGAs from a

FEC: Reed-Solomon, Viterbi, TCCs, and others

Accelerate simulations by orders of magnitude using your target

Math functions: CORDIC, Multiplier, MACs, and others

Import VHDL and Verilog modules directly into Simulink using a

Todays signal-processing systems

Industry-standard DSP connectivity with Serial RapidIO, PCI,

demand increasingly higher

FFTs, Filters, and others

performance and flexibility.

DSP Services and Support for Virtex-4 FPGAs

500 MHz, these devices can implement

DSP Support Services

DSP Design Services

Reduce your time-to-knowledge with public,

Ensure the success of your DSP project with

Reduce your project risk by allowing our

DSP Design Flow (three-day course)

Industrys best support web site

DSP Implementation Techniques for Xilinx

Free DSP hotline support

Platinum DSP hotline support

Titanium on-site AE support

Turnkey system design

complex tasks such as:

Take the Next Step

Xilinx, Asia Pacific

The XtremeDSP solution accelerates

The Programmable Logic CompanySM

Easiest-to-use Design Solutions for FPGA-based DSP

property cores, and design services.

Optimized Performance and Cost for Your DSP Applications

superior devices, design tools, intellectual

and systems in FPGAs.

Printed in the U.S.A.

your products time-to-market through

This gives you the fastest means of designing,

XtremeDSP Slice Delivers Maximum Performance and Efficiency

Versatile 500 MHz XtremeDSP Slices

Integrated Hard and Soft Microprocessors

The Challenge: Implement high-performance DSP algorithms

The Challenge: Complex control and RTOS implementation.

The Virtex-4 Solution: Up to 512 new XtremeDSP slices

500 MHz throughput (256 GMACS overall performance)

Xilinx PicoBlaze and MicroBlaze soft microprocessors for control circuits

Directly cascadeable without loss in speed

Whether you are working with spread-spectrum, multi-carrier, or

Example: Cable Head-end System

Example: Wireless Base station

Digital Radio Card

Use the new XtremeDSP

Digital Radio Functions

XtremeDSP slices are

used in the receive path