Certus-N2 CT06 vs MPF050T
A comparison of the Lattice Certus-N2 Certus-N2 CT06 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF050T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| Certus-N2 CT06 | MPF050T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Lattice Certus-N2 | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 40,000 | 48,000 |
| LUTs as published | 40,000 LUT4 | 48,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 65,000 LC | 48,000 LE |
| DSP | 120 18×18 multipliers | 150 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 4 Mb | 3.1 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 196 | 188 |
| Transceivers | 4 × SERDES 16 Gb/s | 4 × SERDES 12.7 Gb/s |
| Hard PCI Express | None | Gen2 x4 |
| Hard processor | None | None |
| Process | 16 nm | 28 nm |
| Configuration memory | SRAM | Non-volatile (SONOS flash) |
| Packages | 3 | 2 |
| Design tool | Lattice Radiant | Microchip Libero SoC |
Highlighted values are higher. Logic is compared in LUT4 equivalents; see how FPGA vendors count logic.
Key differences
The MPF050T has about 20% more logic capacity (48K vs 40K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the MPF050T has 150 18×18 math blocks (MACC) against 120 18×18 multipliers on the Certus-N2 CT06.
The Certus-N2 CT06 has more on-chip memory (4 Mb vs 3.1 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 4 at up to 16 Gb/s on the Certus-N2 CT06 and 4 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF050T.
Configuration memory: sram on the Certus-N2 CT06, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF050T.
The Certus-N2 CT06 is designed with Lattice Radiant and the MPF050T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: Certus-N2 CT06 (Certus-N2) and MPF050T (PolarFire).