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Accelerating RFSoC Solutions with Vitis
Learn how the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+
RFSoC solution, combined with the OpenCL
capabilities of Vitis, accelerates algorithms
from the processing system into the
programmable logic.
The Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC family of devices from Xilinx is a truly
groundbreaking class of devices that fuse radio-frequency (RF)
data converters with a high-performance processing system and
programmable logic within a single device. Notably, the RF data
converter includes an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a digital-
to-analog converter (DAC) and all the elements required to generate
and process radio frequency signals. The RF data converter provides
digital up and down converters, mixers, and numerically controlled
oscillators. The radio frequency system on chip (RFSoC) also has soft-
decision, low-density parity-check forward-error correcting blocks that
support the latest forward error correction (FEC) coding scheme to
help maximize channel capacity.
This single silicon solution offers several advantages to the system
developer, including a tightly integrated solution that significantly
reduces the circuit board's size and complexity and reduces overall
power dissipation. The Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC also provides the
developer with a direct sampling solution. Direct sampling becomes
enabled because of the ADC and DAC used within the RF data
converter. These provide a high sampling frequency (10GSPS in Gen3
devices) and a wide analog input bandwidth (6GHz in Gen3 devices).
Using a direct sampling approach removes the need for analog front
ends, which provide up or down conversion. This offers significant
