The purpose of this white paper is to describe how Spartan™-6 FPGAs address the needs of high-volume systems. The ability to connect efficiently and inexpensively to commodity memories, high-performance chip-to-chip interface capability, and innovative power down modes are just a few of the problems solved by high-performance, low-power, and low-cost Spartan-6 FPGAs.


With the dramatic shifts in the market, designers of high-volume products are driven to deliver innovative systems with smaller budgets and tighter schedules. To meet these growing pressures, designers need flexible, easy to use system-on-chip type solutions.