Xilinx cuts ARM cores to two in Zynq FPGAs

Xilinx has introduced a stripped-down version of its Zynq FPGAs, reducing the number of 64bit ARM Cortex-A53 cored from four to two in the new ‘CG’ variant. The chips retain both the dual 32bit Cortex-R5 cores of their predecessors, but loses the Mali-400 graphics processor, and there is no H.264/H.265 video codec. “The devices add a ...

Xilinx cuts ARM cores to two in Zynq FPGAs

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