AMD XCKU040-2FFVA1156I

XCKU040-2FFVA1156I Kintex UltraScale FPGA

The XCKU040-2FFVA1156I from AMD (formerly Xilinx) is a high-performance Kintex UltraScale FPGA designed for compute-intensive applications requiring high logic capacity, advanced DSP capabilities, and high-speed serial connectivity. This advanced FPGA features 242,000 logic cells, 1,920 DSP slices with 27x18 multipliers, and 21.1 Mb of block RAM, delivering exceptional processing power for signal processing, data acceleration, and real-time computing tasks.

This FPGA IC operates from a 0.95V core voltage with industrial temperature range support (-40°C to +100°C) and incorporates 16 high-speed serial transceivers operating at up to 12.5 Gbps, making it ideal for 100G networking equipment, radar systems, medical imaging, and high-performance computing applications. The XCKU040-2FFVA1156I leverages UltraScale architecture with ASIC-like clocking and enhanced DSP functionality, providing optimal balance between performance, power efficiency, and system integration for the most demanding digital system implementations.

XCKU040-2FFVA1156I Applications

The XCKU040-2FFVA1156I is extensively deployed in 100G/400G networking equipment for packet processing, traffic management, and protocol conversion in routers, switches, and network interface cards. High-performance computing systems utilize the FPGA for financial algorithm acceleration, genomic sequencing, and machine learning inference tasks requiring massive parallel processing.     Defense and aerospace applications include radar signal processing, electronic warfare systems, and satellite communications equipment where the device's high DSP density and reliability meet stringent requirements. Medical imaging systems employ the FPGA for real-time image reconstruction in CT scanners, MRI systems, and ultrasound equipment benefiting from its computational throughput. Additional applications include test and measurement instrumentation, broadcast video processing, and scientific computing that require the FPGA's reconfigurability and performance.

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