CrossLink-NX Family
Preliminary Data Sheet
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1. General Description
CrossLink™-NX family of low-power FPGAs can be used
in a wide range of applications, and are optimized for
bridging and processing needs in Embedded Vision
applications – supporting a variety of high bandwidth
sensor and display interfaces, video processing and
machine learning inferencing. It is built on Lattice
Nexus FPGA platform, using low-power 28 nm FD-SOI
technology. It combines the extreme flexibility of an
FPGA with the low power and high reliability (due to
extremely low SER) of FD-SOI technology, and offers
small footprint package options.
CrossLink-NX supports a variety of interfaces including
MIPI D-PHY (CSI-2, DSI), LVDS, SLVS, subLVDS, PCI
Express (Gen1, Gen2), SGMII (Gigabit Ethernet), and
more.
Processing features of CrossLink-NX include up to 39K
Logic Cells, 56 18x18 multipliers, 2.9 Mb of embedded
memory (consisting of EBR and LRAM blocks),
distributed memory, DRAM interfaces (supporting
DDR3, DDR3L, LPDDR2, and LPDDR3 up to 1066 Mbps x
16 data width).
CrossLink-NX FPGAs support fast configuration of its
reconfigurable SRAM-based logic fabric, and ultra-fast
configuration (in under 3 ms) of its programmable
sysI/O™. Security features to secure user designs
include bitstream encryption and password protection.
In addition to the high reliability inherent to FD-SOI
technology (due to its extremely low SER), active
reliability features such as built-in frame-based
SED/SEC (for SRAM-based logic fabric), and ECC (for
EBR and LRAM) are also supported. Built-in ADC is
available in each device for system monitoring
functions.
Lattice Radiant® design software allows large complex
user designs to be efficiently implemented on
CrossLink-NX FPGA family. Synthesis library support for
CrossLink-NX devices is available for popular logic
synthesis tools. Radiant tools use the synthesis tool
output along with constraints from its floor planning
tools, to place and route the user design in CrossLink-
NX device. The tools extract timing from the routing,
and back-annotate it into the design for timing
verification.
Lattice provides many pre-engineered IP (Intellectual
Property) modules for CrossLink-NX family. By using
these configurable soft IP cores as standardized blocks,
you are free to concentrate on the unique aspects of
your design, increasing your productivity.
1.1. Features
Programmable Architecture
17K to 39K logic cells
24 to 56 18 x 18 multipliers (in sysDSP™
blocks)
2.5 to 2.9 Mb of embedded memory blocks
(EBR, LRAM)
36 to 192 programmable sysI/O (High
Performance and Wide Range I/O)
MIPI D-PHY
Up to two hardened 4-lane MIPI D-PHY
interfaces
Up to 8 lanes total
Transmit or receive
Supports CSI-2, DSI
20 Gbps aggregate bandwidth
2.5Gbps per lane, 10 Gbps per D-PHY
interface
Additional Soft D-PHY interfaces supported by
High Performance (HP) sysI/O
Transmit or receive
Supports CSI-2, DSI
Up to 1.5 Gbps per lane
Programmable sysI/O supports wide variety of
interfaces
High Performance (HP) on bottom I/O dual
rank
Supports up to 1.8 V VCCIO
Mixed voltage support (1.0 V, 1.2 V, 1.5 V,
1.8 V)
High-speed differential up to 1.5 Gbps
Supports soft D-PHY (Tx/Rx), LVDS 7:1
(Tx/Rx), SLVS (Tx/Rx), subLVDS (Rx)
Supports SGMII (Gb Ethernet) – 2
channels (Tx/Rx) at 1.25 Gbps
Dedicated DDR3/DDR3L and
LPDDR2/LPDDR3 memory support with
DQS logic, up to 1066 Mbps data-rate and
x16 data-width
Wide Range (WR) on Left, Right and Top I/O
Banks
Supports up to 3.3 V VCCIO
Mixed voltage support (1.2 V, 1.5 V, 1.8 V,
2.5 V, 3.3 V)
Programmable slew rate (slow, med, fast)
Controlled impedance mode
Emulated LVDS support
Hot-socketing