2–5 times higher system-level performance per watt than 28nm devices

Xilinx announced that it supports open access for the 16nm UltraScale+™ family.

This includes technical documentation for Vivado® Design Suite HLx Edition, embedded software development tools, Xilinx Power Estimator, Zynq® UltraScale+ MPSoC, and Kintex® UltraScale+ devices.

Designers can validate this with performance per watt improvements of 2 to 5 times higher than the 28nm of the UltraScale+ portfolio provided for specific designs. The Vivado Design Suite is optimized to fully leverage the performance per watt benefits of the UltraScale+ portfolio using the industry's first open tools for 16nm devices and to complete the categories of SmartCORE™ and LogiCORE™ IP.

Kirk Saban, Senior Director of Marketing at Xilinx, said, “Xilinx is focused on enabling the rapid adoption of state-of-the-art SoCs and FPGAs in key markets.” He also added, “Now, all customers can demonstrate the outstanding performance per watt and benefits of the UltraScale+ portfolio for next-generation applications.”

Zynq UltraScale+ and Kintex UltraScale+ devices are supported in Vivado Design Suite 2015.4, HLx Edition, and technical documentation for Xilinx Software Design Kit, Xilinx Power Meters, Zynq UltraScale+ and Kintex UltraScale+ product families can be downloaded.

Vivado Design Suit HLx Edition

The Vivado Design Suite HLx Edition provides a new approach with maximum productivity in the design of all-programmable SoCs and FPGAs, as well as in the development of reusable platforms. All HLx Editions include Vivado High-Level Synthesis (HLS), which enables easy utilization of the most productive and cutting-edge C and IP-based design flows, including C/C++ libraries, Vivado IP Integrator (IPI), the LogicCORE™ IP subsystem, and the entire Vivado implementation tool suite. When used in conjunction with the new UltraFast™ High-Level productivity design methodology guide, users can achieve 10 to 15 times higher productivity than with traditional methods.

Xilinx UltraScale+ Portfolio

The FPGA's 16nm UltraScale+™ product family, along with 3D ICs and MPSoCs, combine new memory, 3D-on-3D, and multi-processing SoC (MPSoC) technologies to elevate performance and integration to a new level and implement SmartConnect interconnect optimization technology. System-level optimized UltraScale+ delivers 2 to 5 times higher system-level performance per watt than 28nm devices, while ensuring the highest levels of system integration, intelligence, security, and safety, providing value that goes beyond the traditional process node migration.