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Xilinx Press Release #0791

XILINX EVENT ALERT

XILINX AT THE 2007 IEEE NUCLEAR AND SPACE
RADIATION EFFECTS CONFERENCE

What:    From Space to Base
Xilinx presents and demonstrates its reconfigurable solutions for space at the
2007 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC)
Where: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii Booth # 107
When: July 23 – July 27, 2007
Exhibits: Tuesday, July 24            10:15 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. | 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Wednesday, July 25      7:30 a.m. – 2:45 p.m.

 

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 16, 2007 – Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that its industry-leading programmable logic solutions for enabling space applications, will be showcased at the 2007 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference (NSREC) , July 23-27, 2007 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Xilinx in-booth demonstration and technology presentations are available for show registered attendees throughout the conference.

Booth Demonstration – Xilinx TMRTool
Demonstration of the industry’s first Triple Modular Redundancy development tool for reconfigurable Xilinx® Virtex™ FPGA design. More information on the Xilinx TMRTool can be found at: http://www.xilinx.com/ise/optional_prod/tmrtool.htm.

Technical Papers Highlighting Xilinx Technology

Tuesday, July 24

  • Domain Crossing Events: Limitations on Single Device Triple-Modular
    Redundancy Circuits in Xilinx FPGAs (C-5)
    H. Quinn, K. Morgan, P. Graham, J. Krone, M. Caffrey, Los Alamos National Laboratory; K. Lundgren, Brigham Young University

  • Risk Reduction for Use of Complex Devices in Space Projects (PD-2)
    M. Berg, C. Poivey, MEI Technologies, Inc., NASA-GSFC; D. Petrick, K. LaBel, M. Friendlich, S. Stansberry, NASA-GSFC

Wednesday, July 25

  • Upset Characterization and Test Methodology of the PowerPC405 Hard-Core Processor Embedded in Xilinx Field Programmable Gate Arrays (W-29)
    G. Allen, G. Swift, JPL; G. Miller, Xilinx

  • Dose Rate Upset Investigations on the Xilinx Virtex-4 Field Programmable Gate Arrays (W-30)
    A. Vera, D. Llamocca, M. Pattichis, University of New Mexico; W. Kemp, W. Sheed, D. Alexander, J. Lyke, Air Force Research Laboratory
  • Static Proton and Heavy Ion Testing of the Xilinx Virtex-5 Device (W-31)
    H. Quinn, K. Morgan, P. Graham, J. Krone, M. Caffrey, Los Alamos National Laboratory; K. Lundgren, Brigham Young University

Thursday, July 26

  • Experimental Validation of a Tool for Predicting the Effects of Soft Errors in
    SRAM-based Field Programmable Gate (PJ-8)
    L. Sterpone, M. Violante, Politecnico di Torino; R. Harboe-Sørensen, D. Merodio, F. Sturesson, R. Weigand, European Space Agency; S. Mattsson, Saab Ericsson Space

  • A Comparison of TMR with Alternative Fault Tolerant Design Techniques for
    FPGAs (PC-3)
    K. S. Morgan, Los Alamos National Laboratory; D. L. McMurtrey, B. H. Pratt, M. J. Wirthlin, Brigham Young University
  • Experimental Validation of a Tool for Predicting the Effects of Soft Errors in
    SRAM-based Field Programmable Gate (PJ-8)
    L. Sterpone, M. Violante, Politecnico di Torino; R. Harboe-Sørensen, D. Merodio, F. Sturesson, R. Weigand, European Space Agency; S. Mattsson, Saab Ericsson Space

About Xilinx Aerospace and Defense
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions providing uninterrupted support to the Aerospace and Defense (A&D) community since 1989. Comprehensive solutions include commercial grade to radiation tolerant field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), A&D focused intellectual property (IP) for applications from image processing to waveform generation, and advanced technology such as partial reconfiguration and Single Chip Crypto. Xilinx offers long product lifecycles, high reliability devices, unique manufacturing flows, specialized design services, and advanced security solutions for High Assurance applications to support the long term program needs of the A&D industry.  For more information, visit www.xilinx.com/esp/mil_aero/index.htm.

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Editorial Contacts:  
Silvia Gianelli  
Xilinx, Inc.  
(408) 626-4328  
silvia.gianelli@xilinx.com  
 
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