Celoxica Debuts ESL Starter Kit for Xilinx Customers; Development Board and ESL Tool Combination Accelerates Adoption of C-based Synthesis for Xilinx FPGA Designers
OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 13, 2006—
Celoxica (LSE:CXA) today announced availability of its
first product milestone in support of the FPGA ESL Initiative
(www.xilinx.com/esl) launched today by Xilinx, Inc. The new Celoxica
'ESL Starter Kit' provides an out-of-the-box solution for Xilinx FPGA
designers who want to pilot and deploy system level design tools and
methodologies into their development flows.
The ESL Starter Kit combines Celoxica's flagship DK Design Suite
of C-based design and synthesis tools, with a multi-featured Celoxica
RC10 Xilinx FPGA development board. The ESL Starter Kit includes
everything users will need to program the card directly from C-based
algorithms, including the Xilinx Integrated Software Environment
(ISE(TM)) suite, full board support libraries and comprehensive design
tutorials. The RC10 development board included in the kit features a
user programmable Spartan(TM)-3 FPGA, high speed ADCs, a wide range of
I/O, CMOS camera socket and host integration through USB 2.0.
"With this new ESL Starter Kit, Celoxica continues to demonstrate
its commitment to the provision of lead-edge design solutions that
make it easier to implement programmable systems," said Steve Lass,
director of Software Product Marketing at Xilinx. "In a single
package, software and algorithm designers can access the development
hardware, the ESL software tools, and IP they need to program FPGA
designs from C-language code. This customer-focused approach will help
drive adoption of ESL methodologies for FPGA design."
Celoxica's ESL tools and development boards provide high
productivity design environments for implementing complex software
algorithms into Xilinx FPGA hardware. The Celoxica DK Design Suite
software-to-silicon design capabilities include an Integrated
Development Environment for C-based design entry; fast cycle-accurate
simulation and debugging; mixed language co-simulation; co-design
support for Xilinx MicroBlaze(TM) and PowerPC(TM) processors including
direct synthesis to Xilinx EDIF or RTL VHDL and Verilog.
"Not only does the Xilinx ESL Initiative open up new markets and
applications for FPGA technology, it also helps designers to leverage
the system capabilities of modern FPGAs that combine programmable
logic with DSP and microprocessors," said Jeff Jussel, vice president
of worldwide marketing for Celoxica. "With this ESL Starter Kit, we've
made it easy to access the industry's most successful C-based design
solutions.
The Celoxica 'ESL Starter Kit' is available for immediate
delivery. Priced at a record low $750 U.S. list, the kit provides easy
access to ESL technology for anyone using Xilinx Spartan(TM)-3 FPGA
devices. The ESL Starter Kit may be ordered on-line at
www.celoxica.com/xilinx or by contacting a Celoxica sales office.
About Xilinx ESL Initiative
The Xilinx ESL Initiative is a multi-faceted program aimed at
proliferating high-level design methodologies and tool flows for
FPGAs. The goal is to make it easier for hardware designers and
software programmers to leverage Xilinx programmable devices for their
next generation systems. Xilinx and participating companies are
focused on improving ease of use, quality of results and
interoperability standards through technical collaboration,
cooperative marketing and joint educational activities. For more
information about the Xilinx ESL Initiative, visit www.xilinx.com/esl.
About Celoxica
A leader in electronic system level design (ESL), Celoxica is
enabling the next generation of advanced electronic products by
producing tools, boards, IP and services that turn software into
silicon. Celoxica technology raises design abstraction to the
algorithm level, accelerating productivity and lowering risk and costs
by generating semiconductor hardware directly from C-based software
descriptions. Adding to a growing installed base, Celoxica provides
the world's most widely used C-based behavioral design and synthesis
solutions to companies developing semiconductor products in markets
such as consumer electronics, defense and aerospace, automotive,
industrial and security. Celoxica is a publicly traded company on the
Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange under the
symbol CXA. For more information, visit: www.celoxica.com.
Celoxica and the Celoxica logo are trademarks of Celoxica Holdings
plc. All other brand names and product names are the property of their
respective owners.
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