Zync FPGA SoCs reach new performance levels

The Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC FPGA family reaches new performance levels with quad 64-bit Cortex A53 cores and dual Cortex R5 real-time cores for heterogeneous multi-processing. The devices use TSMC 16 nm FinFET process technology for a approximately 5X boost in performance/watt. The family also includes a new interconnect optimization technology, SmartConnect, plus a 466 MHz Mali-400M graphics engine and DDR3 and DDR4 external memory interfaces. 

Eleven versions have 100 to 1,095 K logic elements, 5.3 to 34.6 Mbytes of RAM, plus up to 36 Mbytes of UltraRAM and 240 to 3,528 DSP slices. Also available are a H.265 video codec, PCIe Gen 3, and up to four 100G Ethernet MACs. The A53 cores each have a 32 Kbyte L1 Cache, 1 Mbyte L2, and 256 Kbytes of RAM, while the R5 cores each have 32 Kbyte I & D L1 caches, and 128 Kbytes of fast tightly coupled memory. Also here are USB 2.0, USB, CAN, I² C, SATA 3.0, Display Port and four GbE ports. First shipments are scheduled for Q4 2015.