Xilinx has migrated its defence grade Ultra-Scale parts to 16nm.

The parts include the XQ Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs and RFSoCs as well as XQ UltraScale+ Kintex and Virtex FPGAs.

XQ UltraScale+ on16nm delivers twice the performance-per-watt of preceding-generation systems.

This portfolio includes  Defense-grade heterogeneous multi-processor SoC devices, combining flexible and dynamically reconfigurable high-performance programmable logic and DSP, 16Gb/s and 28Gb/s transceivers, quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 embedded processors, and dual-core Arm Cortex-R5 embedded processors.

In addition, optionally available features include high-speed 4Gsps ADCs and 6.4Gsps DACs, Arm Mali™-400 GPU, 4k60 H.265/H/264 video codec, and ruggedized packages with support of -55oC to 125oC and 256-bit physical unclonable function (PUF).

The portfolio’s highly integrated programmable SoC offers key advantages over alternative approaches, which typically require customers to source and use multiple chips.