AMD Spartan™ 6 XA FPGA Product Advantages

Automotive-grade AMD Spartan™ 6 XA FPGAs are automotive-qualified devices from AMD, based on the commercial Spartan 6 FPGAs.  Built on proven low-power 45 nm, 9-metal copper layer, dual-oxide process technology, Spartan 6 XA FPGAs meet stringent automotive device-level requirements.

  • Extended temperature range support for Automotive I Grade (Tj = -40°C to +100°C) and Automotive Q Grade (Tj = -40°C to +125°C)
  • RoHS compliant, Pb-free packaging
  • Enhanced IP security with AES and Device DNA

Spartan 6 XA FPGA Family Benefits

  • Up to 75,000 logic cells
  • Integrated PCI Express® blocks
  • Dual-register 6 input LUT logic structure
  • Multi-voltage, multi-standard SelectIO™ technology banks for low cost HSTL and SSTL memory interfaces
  • Clock management tiles, each consisting of 2 DCMs and 1 PLL
  • Up to 1000 MHz clocking

  • Up to 8 low power 3.125 Gb/s GTP serial transceivers for real-time high bandwidth video throughput
  • Integrated memory controllers supporting access rates up to 800 Mb/s for fast buffering of video frames
  • Low-power 250 MHz DSP48A1 slices with 18x18 multipliers for real-time video processing

  • High-speed interface support for maximized multi-camera connectivity
  • High-speed serial performance for minimized wiring and board space requirements
  • Integrated endpoint blocks for industry standard interfacing with host processors

Platforms & Solutions

Automotive-grade Spartan 6 XA LX

Spartan 6 XA LX FPGAs are optimized for automotive applications that require low cost supporting up to 100K logic cell density, 4.8 Mb memory, integrated memory controllers, DSP slices, ease-of-use and high-performance system IP with an innovative open standards-based configuration.

Spartan 6 XA LX FPGAs Benefits and Features

  • Expanded temperature range with Automotive I grade (Tj = -40°C to +100°C) and Automotive Q grade (Tj = -40°C to +125°C) qualification
  • RoHS-compliant Pb-free packaging

  • Abundant logic resources with increased logic capacity
    • 3.8K to 100K logic cells
  • Integrated memory controller block that lowers cost
    • Approximately 3,500 logic cells per controller over soft solutions
  • Simplified configuration supporting low-cost 3rd party standards

  • Embedded DSP blocks for high-performance parallel processing
  • High speed I/O enabling fast serial data transfer from camera sensors around the vehicle
Features LX
45 nm low power process technology with 6-input LUTs
1080 MHz clock management tiles (2 DCM + 1 PLL) 2 - 6
320 MHz Block RAM (Kbits) 216 - 4824
Memory interface controllers blocks 0 - 2
1.08 Gbps SelectIO™ technology
390 MHz DSP48A1 slices 8 - 180
3.2 Gb/s GTP transceivers -
PCI Express Endpoint blocks -
Embedded processing
Low power management modes
Enhanced configuration and bitstream protection

What applications are Spartan 6 XA LXT FPGAs good for?

Possible applications include:

  • Next-generation Driver Assistance systems requiring real-time ADAS.

Support & Resources

Data Sheet

Spartan 6 XA FPGAs provide leading system integration capabilities with the lowest total cost for high-volume automotive applications.