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Qualification & Production Release

Qualifying the device and its packages for reliability, including the configuration memory and the security features, releasing the production test program that tests the fabric through many test configurations, and releasing the family member for volume orders.

Where this stage sits

This stage with its neighbours. Each row is a discipline active here, shaded by how mature its work is by the end of each stage.

Stage

^D10 Speed Grades & Timing Data Release

^A11 Qualification & Production ReleaseYou are here

^D12 Family Roll-out & Derivatives

Product milestones

ESEngineering samples PRProduction release VRVolume ramp LTBLast-time buy

Silicon and software milestones

DRFirst designs running on silicon SCSilicon characterised SGSpeed grades and production timing data released QSQualification start QPTR3Qualification passed FMRFamily member released MRMaintenance software release

Family planning and product marketing^A

1.0

Physical design and tape-out^A

Freeze

Test and test configurations^A

1.0^D

Place-and-route and timing software^O

1.0^A

Applications, kits and reference designs^O

1.0^A

Silicon bring-up and validation^A

1.0

Characterisation and speed grades^A

1.0^A

Quality and reliability^A

0.8

1.0^A

Foundry, packaging and supply^A

1.0

Key0.0Planned0.3Early draft0.5Draft0.8Feature complete1.0CompleteFreezeFrozenFaded block: still at the step shown before it, Held below Complete or Maintained under change control once complete or frozenFreeze or sign-off pointMilestone for one item; the rest of the work carries onMilestone gateTRTechnical readiness review (TR): a gate that checks the technology is ready before the next commitment.You are here: Qualification & Production ReleaseAI impactDisruption (red)Augmentation (blue)Opportunity (green)How AI is changing the workWhat the steps mean What the codes mean

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Stages

Speed Grades & Timing Data Release^D
Qualification & Production Release (this stage)^A
Family Roll-out & Derivatives^D

Product milestones

Silicon and software milestones

Disciplines

Family planning and product marketing^A
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Launch plan final at tape-out; samples, production release, the roadmap and the discontinuance are run against it.
- Qualification & Production Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Launch plan final at tape-out; samples, production release, the roadmap and the discontinuance are run against it.
- Family Roll-out & Derivatives: maturity 1.0, Complete. Launch plan final at tape-out; samples, production release, the roadmap and the discontinuance are run against it.
Physical design and tape-out^A
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity Freeze, Frozen. First member taped out and locked; further family members are taped out from the same tiles under change control.
- Qualification & Production Release: maturity Freeze, Frozen. First member taped out and locked; further family members are taped out from the same tiles under change control.
- Family Roll-out & Derivatives: maturity Freeze, Frozen. First member taped out and locked; further family members are taped out from the same tiles under change control.
Test and test configurations^A
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Speed binning tests and test programs final at speed grade release; production test program released at qualification.^D
- Qualification & Production Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Speed binning tests and test programs final at speed grade release; production test program released at qualification.^A
Place-and-route and timing software^O
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Pre-silicon software ready: benchmark designs placed, routed and timed, and generated bitstreams run on the device model; then preliminary, production and maintenance releases.^A
- Qualification & Production Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Pre-silicon software ready: benchmark designs placed, routed and timed, and generated bitstreams run on the device model; then preliminary, production and maintenance releases.
- Family Roll-out & Derivatives: maturity 1.0, Complete. Pre-silicon software ready: benchmark designs placed, routed and timed, and generated bitstreams run on the device model; then preliminary, production and maintenance releases.
Applications, kits and reference designs^O
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Development kit released with the engineering samples; reference designs and documentation then kept current for each family member.^A
- Qualification & Production Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Development kit released with the engineering samples; reference designs and documentation then kept current for each family member.
- Family Roll-out & Derivatives: maturity 1.0, Complete. Development kit released with the engineering samples; reference designs and documentation then kept current for each family member.^D
Silicon bring-up and validation^A
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. First silicon configured and running the bring-up designs, every hard IP block up, errata listed and kept up to date.
Characterisation and speed grades^A
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Fabric and hard IP measured across corners and compared with the models; speed grades set, then each family member characterised.^A
- Qualification & Production Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Fabric and hard IP measured across corners and compared with the models; speed grades set, then each family member characterised.
- Family Roll-out & Derivatives: maturity 1.0, Complete. Fabric and hard IP measured across corners and compared with the models; speed grades set, then each family member characterised.
Quality and reliability^A
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Qualification plan final and samples from the production flow being built.
- Qualification & Production Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Qualification passed to the chosen standard; further members qualified by similarity and field quality monitored.^A
- Family Roll-out & Derivatives: maturity 1.0, Complete. Qualification passed to the chosen standard; further members qualified by similarity and field quality monitored.^A
Foundry, packaging and supply^A
- Speed Grades & Timing Data Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Masks and wafers ordered at tape-out and first packaged parts delivered; then supply, capacity and last builds.
- Qualification & Production Release: maturity 1.0, Complete. Masks and wafers ordered at tape-out and first packaged parts delivered; then supply, capacity and last builds.
- Family Roll-out & Derivatives: maturity 1.0, Complete. Masks and wafers ordered at tape-out and first packaged parts delivered; then supply, capacity and last builds.

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