Xilinx Enables Instant Deployment Of New PCI Express Technology
The Company Delivers World's First PCI Express Product On The Same Day The PCI-SIG Announces The Specification As Final
SAN JOSE, CA--(INTERNET WIRE)--Jul 22, 2002 -- Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq:XLNX) today announced it's enabling
the instant deployment of PCI Express based systems with
the immediate delivery of the world's first PCI Express
intellectual property core. An industry first, Xilinx delivers
the solution on the same day the PCI-SIG announces the specification
as final, expediting the implementation of PCI Express by
twelve to eighteen months and demonstrating the power of
programmable logic. The core uses the proven Rocket I/O(TM)
3.125 Gbps serial transceivers of the company's flagship
Virtex®-II Pro FPGAs - the only device available on
the market capable of implementing the new specification.
PCI Express is considered the successor to the PCI legacy
and is targeted at the desktop, mobile, server, storage
and embedded communications markets. For complete information
about the PCI Express core, visit www.xilinx.com/systemio.
Today's news underscores the company's commitment to provide
customers with the ultimate connectivity platform and a
wide-range of leading parallel and serial connectivity solutions
for tomorrow's networking and communication designs. Xilinx,
along with other industry leaders, is actively participating
as a key developer in the PCI Express Advanced Switching
working group to develop the communications extension for
PCI Express. Xilinx also plans to incorporate PCI Express
with advanced switching into its Virtex-II series FPGAs.
"Xilinx has shown increasing involvement in defining and
proving its state-of-the-art I/O technology through its
delivery of emerging I/O standards. The shipment of this
new core at the same time a final specification is released
will allow designers to begin prototyping PCI Express solutions
immediately, well ahead of any ASIC-based implementations,
thereby building significant industry momentum around the
newest PCI specification," said Cary Snyder, noted industry
expert and analyst. "By using the programmability and serial
transceiver capability of the Virtex-II Pro device, Xilinx
was able to develop its core in parallel with its participation
in the definition of the specification - a true testament
to the capability and benefits of programmable systems."
The PCI Express Core
The Xilinx PCI Express core is protocol and electrically
compatible to the v1.0 base PCI Express specification. Designers
can utilize the interface to maximize performance and feature
quality for high-performance workstations and consumer gaming
devices. The core reaches a 2.5 Gbps line speed utilizing
the features of the Rocket I/O multi-gigabit transceivers
such as clock data recovery, 8B/10B encoding, 3.125 Gbps
SerDes, transmit/receive FIFOs, and CRC. Customers can use
the core to design high performance PCI Express systems
using Xilinx Smart-IP(TM) technology to meet critical 2.5
GHz timing requirements.
"During the past decade, the PCI local bus has been a hugely
successful interconnect standard. PCI Express takes PCI
to another level, with a high-speed, scalable serial architecture
that provides exciting new I/O options for system partitioning
designs and form factors," said Tony Pierce, PCI-SIG chairman.
"The Virtex-II Pro FPGA and PCI Express core are powerful
building blocks in helping the industry-wide transition
from PCI to PCI Express."
"As the leader in high-speed interface test and measurement
instruments and solutions, Agilent is pleased to be collaborating
with Xilinx, the leader in platform and system connectivity
solutions, to accelerate the industry-wide adoption of the
PCI Express specification," said Byron Anderson, senior
vice president and general manager of the Electronic Products
and Solutions Group at Agilent Technologies.
License price and availability
The PCI Express core is available now as a LogiCORE(TM)
product under the terms of SignOnce(TM) IP license and is
priced at $25,000. Once purchased, it can be configured
and downloaded from the Xilinx website at www.xilinx.com/pciexpress.
For more information and to purchase the Virtex-II Pro FPGA,
visit www.xilinx.com/platform.
Information about licensing and other Xilinx LogiCORE products
is available on the Xilinx IP Center at www.xilinx.com/ipcenter.
About This Week's Metro-Optical Networking Forum
Xilinx, along with other industry leaders, will also host
a free one-day event on July 25, 2002 in Santa Clara, Calif.
The all-day event is the first to address the challenges
of designing and developing products for the metro area
and edge access networks. Attendees will hear first hand
from industry experts on where this dynamic market is headed,
as well as the technologies driving success in the MAN space.
For complete agenda and registration information, visit
www.xilinx.com/metro.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable
logic solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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