Certus-N2 CT16 vs MPF100T
A comparison of the Lattice Certus-N2 Certus-N2 CT16 and the Microchip PolarFire MPF100T using the data from both vendors' selection guides.
Side-by-side specifications
| Certus-N2 CT16 | MPF100T | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor / family | Lattice Certus-N2 | Microchip PolarFire |
| Logic (LUT4-equivalent) | 98,000 | 109,000 |
| LUTs as published | 98,000 LUT4 | 109,000 LUT4 |
| Vendor logic figure | 160,000 LC | 109,000 LE |
| DSP | 360 18×18 multipliers | 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) |
| Block RAM | 8 Mb | 6.9 Mb |
| Large RAM | — | — |
| Max. user I/O | 298 | 284 |
| Transceivers | 8 × SERDES 16 Gb/s | 8 × 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 | 4 | 3 |
| 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 MPF100T has about 11% more logic capacity (109K vs 98K LUT4 equivalents).
For arithmetic, the Certus-N2 CT16 has 360 18×18 multipliers against 336 18×18 math blocks (MACC) on the MPF100T.
The Certus-N2 CT16 has more on-chip memory (8 Mb vs 6.9 Mb).
Both have transceivers: 8 at up to 16 Gb/s on the Certus-N2 CT16 and 8 at up to 12.7 Gb/s on the MPF100T.
Configuration memory: sram on the Certus-N2 CT16, non-volatile (sonos flash) on the MPF100T.
The Certus-N2 CT16 is designed with Lattice Radiant and the MPF100T with Microchip Libero SoC.
Full specifications
See the complete spec sheets with packages and grades: Certus-N2 CT16 (Certus-N2) and MPF100T (PolarFire).