Press Releases - 2004

Product Announcements

December 2004

• Xilinx Ships More Than 1.5 Million 90nm FPGAs - Over 100 Times Nearest Competitor
  - December 28, 2004
• Avnet Electronics Marketing Announces Immediate Availability Of Xilinx ATCA Design Kit - December 15, 2004
• Xilinx Ships World's Largest FPGA Device
  - December 9, 2004
• Xilinx Enables Instant Deployment Of Aurora, Industry's Most Popular, Scalable, Lightweight Serial Connectivity Protocol
  - December 9, 2004
• Xilinx Continues Focus On Wireless Market With Delivery Of CPRI-Compliant Reference Design - December 8, 2004
• Xilinx Presents Up To 3x Performance Advantage In Web-Based E-Learning Module
  - December 7, 2004

November 2004

• Xilinx To Demonstrate 43% Logic Performance Advantage In New Web-Based E-Learning Module - November 29, 2004
• Xilinx And Pixel Velocity Team To Deliver World's Most Advanced 3-D Recognition Technology - November 29, 2004
• Xilinx Launches Wireless Base Station Initiative With Delivery OBSAI-Compliant Reference Design - November 16, 2004
• Xilinx Solves Memory Interface Design Challenges With Virtex-4 Memory Development System - November 9, 2004
• Xilinx Unveils New CoolRunner-II CPLDs For Price-Sensitive Small Form-Factor Applications - November 8, 2004
• Xilinx And ISR Technologies Demonstrate World's First Software-Definied Radio Using Partial Reconfiguration Of FGPAs
  - November 1, 2004
• TI And Xilinx Provide Easiest-To-Use Interface Solution Between High-Speed Data Coverters And FPGAs - November 1, 2004

October 2004

• Xilinx Announces Immediate Availability Of Two Additional Virtex-4 Devices
  - October 28, 2004
• Xilinx Releases Planahead v2.1 Tool With Up To 89% Increase In Clock Frequency For Virtex Series FPGAs - October 28, 2004
• Xilinx Accelerates Virtex-4 Designs with Full-Featured Evaulation Platform at $495
  - October 26, 2004
• Xilinx and Dr. Howard Johnson Launch Unique DVD Tutorials Easing High-Speed Serial Signal Integrity Challanges
  - October 25, 2004
• Xilinx Teams with Ansoft for Faster and Easier High-Speed Printed Circuit Board and Backplane Design - October 25, 2004
• Xilinx Enables Next Generation Sonet/SDH Networks With Industry's First Parameterizable OC-192 Generic Framing Procedure Solution
  
- October 19, 2004
• New Line Of Automotive Devices Strengthens Xilinx Leadership Position - October 18, 2004

September 2004

• Xilinx Delivers Breakthrough Design Tool For High Performance Signal Processing With New System Generator For DSP v6.3I
  
- September 28, 2004
• Xilinx RapidIO Solution Successfully Interoperates With Freescale PowerQUICC III Processor & Tundra RapidIO Switch
  - September 28, 2004
• Xilinx And Mercury Computer Systems Demonstrate Interoperable Serial RapidIO Solutions On An ATCA Platform
  - September 28, 2004
• Xilinx Ships One Million Spartan-3 FPGAs - Delivers PLD Industry's First 90nm Family In High Volume - September 21, 2004
• Philips And Xilinx Collaborate In Design Of Low Cost PCI Express Solutions
  - September 20, 2004
• Xilinx Simplifies Embedded Processing Design With New 6.3i Platform Studio
  - September 20, 2004
• Xilinx Ramps Virtex-4 Shipments, Delivers Breakthrough Performance At The Lowest Cost - September 13, 2004
• Xilinx Ships ISE 6.3i Design Suite, Widens Performance Lead Up To 40% With Virtex-4 FPGAs - September 13, 2004
• Xilinx And Sandia National Labs Team To Drive Reconfigurable Logic Technology Into Space - September 8, 2004

August 2004

• Xilinx Ships 90-Nanometer Devices In Volume Production - Addresses Record Demand For Its Low Cost Spartan-3 FPGAs
  - August 30, 2004
• Xilinx Ranks #1 In FPGA Embedded Solutions - August 10, 2004

July 2004

• Xilinx Delivers The Industry's Fastest High-Speed Serial Tranceivers
- July 19, 2004
• Xilinx Launches Roadmap For Up To Two-Thirds Power Reduction In Spartan-3 FPGAs
  - July 1, 2004

June 2004

• Xilinx Delivers Lowest Cost, Easy-to-use $99 Spartan-3 FPGA Starter Kit - June 29, 2004
• Xilinx Delivers Virtex-4 FPGAs- June 28, 2004
• Raytheon Chooses Xilinx To Develop Enhanced Wireless Networking System
  - June 28, 2004
• Xilinx Announces CPLD Logic Consolidator Analysis Tool - June 22, 2004
• Xilinx Broadens Presence In Storage Area Network Market With New 1 & 2 Gbpos Fibre Channel Solution - June 22, 2004
• Xilinx Extends Aurora Serial Connectivity Protocol For 10 Gigabits Per Second Links & Beyond - June 22, 2004
• Xilinx Shatters 2.4 Terabit PICMG 3.0 Bandwidth Barrier By Demostrating 10Gbps Serial Signaling Over ATCA Backplane 
  - June 22, 2004
• Xilinx Spartan Series Exceeds Three-Quarters Of One Billion Dollars In Sales - June 17, 2004
• Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs Enable Pandora's Newest 3-D Colour Cube - June 15, 2004
• Xilinx And UMC Develop Industry's First FPGAs To Utilize Triple-oxide 90nm Technology - June 14, 2004
• Xilinx Unveils Virtex-4 Family - Industry's First Multi-Platform FPGA 
• Virtex-4 Architecture Press Kits - June 7, 2004
• Xilinx Ships New Release Of System Generator For DSP Development Tool With Full Support For Latest MatLab & Simulink Software - June 2, 2004
• Xilinx And Amirix Announce MultiBERT Reference Design For Serial Backplane Validation - June 1, 2004

May 2004

• Xilinx Simplifies QDR II SRAM Memory Interfacing With New Virtex-II PRO Memory Tool Kit - May 25, 2004
• Xilinx FPGA Processor Solutions Deliver Order Of Magnitutde Advantage For Embedded Systems Designers - May 18, 2004
• Xilinx Launches New Era Of Digital Design In Aerospace And Defense With Introduction Of QPRO Virtex-II Familiy - May 10, 2004
• Xilinx Completes Successful UNH Interoperability Testing For Ethernet Solutions Suite With Virtex-II Series FPGAs - May 10, 2004 

April 2004

• Xilinx Announces Free Configurable PCS Reference Design For Use With Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGAs - April 29, 2004
• Lucent Technologies Chooses Xilinx Virtex-II Pro With Embedded IBM PowerPC As Solution For Its Optical Translator Unit - April 26, 2004
• Xilinx Ships Industry's Only Complete RapidIO Solution For Virtex-II Pro Series FPGAs
  - April 26, 2004
• Xilinx FPGAs With Microblaze Processor Deliver 50% Speed Advantage Over Nearest Competitor - April 21, 2004
• Xilinx Extends High-Speed Connectivity Leadership with RocketIO Design Services
  -April 5, 2004

March 2004

• Xilinx Embedded Development Kit 6.2i Slashes Development Time from Weeks to Days for MicroBlaze & PowerPC Designs 
  - March 30, 2004 
• Xilinx Publishes Digital Consumer Technology Handbook - March 30, 2004 
• Xilinx Chips Enable electronicaUSA/ESC Best of Show Finalist in Sensio's 3D Wireless Home Theater System - March 29, 2004
• Xilinx Announces Proven Interoperability Between Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs and Intel IXP2800 Network Processor - March 11, 2004
•  Xilinx Simplifies High-Speed DDR-I Memory Interfacing with New Turn-Key Design Kit
  - March 9, 2004
• Xilinx Announces Release of Free ISE WebPACK 6.2i Delivering up to 50% Faster Spartan-3 Design Performance - March 9, 2004
• Xilinx Introduces Second-Generation CPLD Design Kit - March 8, 2004
• Xilinx Reports Broad Adoption of Virtex-II Pro IBM PowerPC Solution - March 8, 2004
• Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Performance Wins Confidence of Barco for Air Traffic Control Component - March 8, 2004
• Revolutionary FPGA Real-Time Logic Debug Technology from Xilinx Slashes Verification Times by up to 50% - March 1, 2004
• Xilinx Enables Next Generation Networking & Telecom Systems by Delivering Traffic Management Solutions - March 1, 2004

February 2004

• New Xilinx ISE 6.2i Software Combined with Virtex-II Pro Devices - February 23, 2004
• Optos Uses Xilinx Design Services to Develop Revolutionary Eye Care System on Virtex-II Pro Devices - February 17, 2004
• LG Electronics Showcases New Xilinx-Enabled Products at Recent 2004 CES
  - February 17, 2004
• Xilinx Unveils End to End Programmable Solutions for the Entire Line Card to the Backplane - February 17, 2004 
• Xilinx Ships World's First Advanced Switching Solution Based on PCI Express Architecture
  - February 17, 2004 
• Avnet and Xilinx Team to Deliver and Support Comprehensive ATCA Development Platform
  - February 17,2004 
• Apache and Xilinx Unveil Unique Signal Integrity Analysis Tool for Virtex-II Pro Based Multi-Gigabit Serial I/O Designs
  - February 11, 2004
• Variable-Input Lookup Table Architecture and Superior Software Tools Make Xilinx Virtex-II Pro the Fastest Available FPGA  - February 3, 2004 
• Xilinx Delivers Industry's Largest Industrial Grade Devices  - February 3, 2004
• Winchester Electronics, Interconnect Technologies, and Xilinx Demonstrate World's First 10Gbps NRZ Backplane Reference Design - February 1, 2004

January 2004

• Xilinx Chips Land On Mars - January 22, 2004
• Gibson Chooses Xilinx As Chip Supplier Of Choice At 2004 Consumer Electronics Show - January 8, 2004
• Xilinx Chips Help Bring 3D To Home Theaters in Sensio's Award Winning 3D Wireless System - January 8, 2004
• Xilinx's Price/Performance Benefits Enable Unique Kinetic Home Theater Experience From D-Box Technology - January 8, 2003
• Xilinx, Plextek And Intrinsyc Enable CES Debut Of Gametrac - Latest Mobile Entertainment Device From Tiger Telematics
  - January 8, 2004

December 2003

• Xilinx Provides Unprecedented System Integration With New DUC And Enhanced FEC DSP Cores - December 24, 2003
• Xilinx Named 2003 Impact Supplier Of The Year By Lucent Technologies
  - December 23, 2003
• Xilinx Announces Successful Interoperability Between Xilinx And IBM HIgh Speed Serdes Technology - December 22, 2003
• Xilinx Enables Next Generation Metro Area Networks By Delivering Ethernet Over Sonet/SDH Solutions - December 17, 2003
• Xilinx Virtex-II Pro FPGAs Are 38% Faster Than Competitive Offerings Using ISE 6.1I Design Tools- December 17, 2003
• Xilinx Delivers World's First FPGA-Based DSP Software Tool With JTAG Interface - Expands Customer Access To XtremeDSP Solution
  - December 15, 2003
• Xilinx and Intelliga Announce Low Cost Automotive Lin Bus Solution Using Spartan-3 FPGAs - December 11, 2003
• Napatech And Xilinx Announce World's First 10 Gbps Programmable Ethernet Adapter
  - December 10, 2003
• Xilinx Spartan-3 Devices Enable High Performance DSP Functions At Breakthrough Low Cost Price Points - December 10, 2003
• Xilinx Unveils Revolutionary FPGA Architecture, Enables Next-Generation Platform FPGAs - December 8, 2003