• Three sub-families:
• Virtex-6 LXT FPGAs: High-performance logic with advanced serial connectivity
• Virtex-6 SXT FPGAs: Highest signal processing capability with advanced serial connectivity
• Virtex-6 HXT FPGAs: Highest bandwidth serial connectivity
• Compatibility across sub-families
• LXT and SXT devices are footprint compatible in the same package
• JTAG access to all monitored quantities
• Integrated interface blocks for PCI Express® designs
• Compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification 2.0
• Gen1 (2.5 Gb/s) and Gen2 (5 Gb/s) support with GTX transceivers
• Endpoint and Root Port capable
• x1, x2, x4, or x8 lane support per block
• GTX transceivers: up to 6.6 Gb/s
• Data rates below 480 Mb/s supported by oversampling in FPGA logic.
• GTH transceivers: 2.488 Gb/s to beyond 11 Gb/s
• Integrated 10/100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet MAC block
• High-speed memory interface support with integrated write-leveling capability
• Advanced DSP48E1 slices
• 25 x 18, two's complement multiplier/accumulator
• Optional pipelining
• New optional pre-adder to assist filtering applications
• Optional bitwise logic functionality
• Dedicated cascade connections
• Flexible configuration options
• SPI and Parallel Flash interface
• Multi-bitstream support with dedicated fallback reconfiguration logic
• Automatic bus width detection
• System Monitor capability on all devices
• On-chip/off-chip thermal and supply voltage
• 36-Kb block RAM/FIFOs
• Dual-port RAM blocks
• Programmable
- Dual-port widths up to 36 bits
- Simple dual-port widths up to 72 bits
• Enhanced programmable FIFO logic
• Built-in optional error-correction circuitry
• Optionally use each block as two independent 18 Kb blocks