Xilinx Extends Speed And Density Leadership By Shipping Industry's Largest And Fastest Programmable IC
Company Ships Virtex-II Eight-Million-Gate FPGA With Clock Speeds Of Over 400 MHz; 73 Percent Larger Than Any Device Available Today
SAN JOSE, CA--(INTERNET WIRE)--Aug 12, 2002 -- Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ:XLNX),
and electronic design automation software tools and methodologies
tuned to maximize programmable chip performance.
"UMC played a fundamental role in helping Xilinx deliver
this device into customer hands," said Rich Sevcik, senior
vice president and general manager of FPGA products at Xilinx.
"Just as importantly, Xilinx and our EDA partners offer
system designers a complete tool suite and methodologies
that make it possible to fully exploit the device densities
and performance of our Virtex-II platform FPGAS."
According to Ken Romano, director of Hardware Engineering
for Photon Vision Systems (www.photon-vision.com),
a leading supplier of CMOS Imaging Sensors and Single Chip
Camera Systems for OEMs, "The reconfigurable nature of Xilinx
Virtex-II FPGAs offer time-to-market and design flexibility
we just couldn't achieve with a traditional ASIC or any
other programmable logic vendor. The intuitive ISE software
allowed us to optimize designs for specific customer solutions.
The combination of first class software and state of the
art silicon made our decision an easy one."
Software before Silicon
A key advantage for Xilinx customers is that, with each
release of the company's ISE (Integrated Software Environment)
software, customers are given early access to next-generation
silicon architectures several months prior to device delivery.
Consequently, Xilinx customers have already embarked upon
new designs that leverage the power of XC2V8000, using the
company's proven programmable logic and system-level design
methodologies.
The latest version of Xilinx ISE software design environment,
4.2i, is tuned to maximize silicon and system performance.
In fact, benchmarks of customer IP and core designs show
ISE 4.2i delivers faster clock speeds than the nearest competitive
offering. In addition, Xilinx ChipScope on-chip logic debugging
software facilitates design verification of today's multi-million
gate FPGA designs, a feature not available using traditional
ASIC technology.
The same logic and memory fabric is available in the recently
announced Xilinx Virtex-II Pro devices, when combined with
ISE tools, deliver 25 percent faster performance than any
available competing solution. ISE also offers ProActive
Timing Closure technology delivering up to 3.125 gigabits
per second I/O speeds, and partial reconfigurability--a
first for the programmable logic industry.
Commitment to Higher Performance
In keeping with Xilinx' commitment to significantly improve
performance with each new version of software, designers
of these high performance systems can look forward to even
more impressive performance with the next generation of
Xilinx ISE software scheduled for announcement later this
month.
About Xilinx Virtex-II Platform FPGAs
The Xilinx Virtex-II Platform FPGA family delivers the highest
performance and highest density of any programmable logic
solution available. The innovative Virtex-II IP-Immersion
architecture enables integration of both hard and soft intellectual
property (IP), enhanced system memory, and lightning-fast
DSP performance, providing the best platform for advanced
digital designs in the industry. With densities ranging
from 40,000 to eight million-system gates, Virtex-II solutions
are empowered by advanced design tools that reduce development
time through fast design, powerful synthesis, smart implementation
algorithms, and efficient verification capabilities.
Pricing and Availability
The Xilinx XCV28000 is immediately available. Second half
2003 pricing for the XC2V8000 device is $3960 in volumes
of 10,000 units.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions.
Additional information about Xilinx can be found at www.xilinx.com.
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