Gokul Krishnan and Derek Johnson
Xilinx

Virtex-5 EasyPath FPGAs are the industry's only 65-nm customer-specific FPGA cost-reduction solution, providing the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) when compared to other solutions. EasyPath FPGAs are identical to standard Xilinx FPGA offerings but use patented testing techniques and customer-specific test patterns to significantly improve FPGA yields for designs that no longer require the full programmability of a standard FPGA. You can reap the benefits of these improved yields in the form of lower costs. EasyPath technology is available across multiple platforms, different product families, and 28 different devices over a range of gate and memory counts.