New Development Platforms for 65nm Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs - ML505 and ML506

Xilinx is going to release its ML505 and ML506 development platforms for serial connectivity and DSP applications based. The new chip is produced using 65nm Virtex-5 FPGAs.  The ML505 development platform based on the Virtex-5 LX50T device and ML506 development platform based on the Virtex-5 SX50T device.

Both the Virtex-5 LXT and SXT platforms offer 3.2Gbps low-power transceivers with built-in PCI Express(R) endpoint and tri-mode Ethernet MAC blocks, allowing engineers to implement serial interfaces with the greatest ease of use. The Virtex-5 SXT FPGA also has abundant DSP48E resources ideal for DSP intensive designs.

The ML505 and ML506 development platforms include many commonly used interfaces such as RJ-45 connectors for 10/100/1000 Ethernet networking, USB, PS/2 and RS-232 serial ports for computer peripherals, DVI and VGA ports for video applications, serial ATA for storage applications, and an SFP module for telecom applications.

The ML505 and ML506 development platforms feature on-board SODIMM sockets with 256 MB of DDR2 memory that can be expanded by the user, and on-board flash memory for multiple configuration options. Single-ended and differential I/O expansion headers are also provided, enabling access to host modules and daughter cards.

Both ML505 and ML506 development platforms are immediately available and they are priced at USD $1195.

Source: Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs