| Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Performance
Wins Confidence
of Barco for Air Traffic Control Component
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 8, 2004 -- Xilinx, Inc., (NASDAQ: XLNX),
the world’s leading programmable logic supplier, announced
today that its Xilinx® Virtex-II Pro™ Platform FPGA has
been selected by Barco, an international leader in imaging technology
headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium. Barco selected Xilinx FPGAs
for use in its revolutionary ISONA™, the world’s first
2048 x 2048 air traffic control Display Station. The Barco Isona™
combines a high-resolution 2048 x 2048 LCD display with a high performance
Xserver for use in Air Traffic Control systems. It allows for a
cost-effective future-proof upgrade of air traffic control workstations
by replacing traditional CRTs.
Barco selected the Xilinx® Virtex-II Pro™ Platform FPGA
based on its embedded IBM PowerPC™ processor and high-performance
fabric. Barco integrated the functions of multiple FPGAs and a discrete
CPU onto a single Virtex II-Pro device, for a smaller mechanical
footprint while maintaining the same high-resolution viewing area.
“We evaluated alternative solutions but the performance advantages
of the Virtex-II Pro’s on-chip PowerPC, combined with flexible
I/O standards, large numbers of I/O pins, and high performance fabric,
made Virtex II-Pro the clear winner,” said Jeroen Debonnet,
R&D manager of Traffic Management at Barco.
The Virtex II-Pro CoreConnect™ bus architecture also allowed
Barco designers to closely couple proprietary and third-party IP,
such as a custom DDR controller with built-in DMA arbitrator, with
the on-chip PowerPC processing resources. This allowed large quantities
of video data to be processed at high speed. In addition, the CoreConnect
architecture allowed easy management of access to low speed and
low performance system resources, freeing CPU time for high-priority,
processor-intensive tasks.
Barco also found the high quantity of user I/O an advantage, with
flexible I/O standards including differential signaling allowing
LVDS video input and output for the 2048 x 2048 high resolution
LCD panel. Designers were also able to implement on-screen display
functions on-chip, with direct memory access to DDR RAM acting as
video memory. SSTL-2 video inputs are also implemented inside the
Virtex II-Pro FPGA.
About Xilinx Virtex-II Pro Platform FPGAs
Xilinx is the only company to offer a programmable logic device
with integrated PowerPC embedded technology. Xilinx has shipped
over 100,000 PowerPC cores to its customer base and enabled over
1,400 CoreConnect™ licenses. Based on their industry-leading
capacity, performance, and cost-effectiveness, Xilinx Virtex FPGAs
are the number one choice of designers worldwide.
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium,
is active in three key areas of imaging technology. Barco designs
and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions
for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection.
Barco has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in
almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on Brussels/Euronext and is
a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company. More info on www.barco.com.
About Xilinx
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) is the worldwide leader of programmable
logic solutions. Additional information about Xilinx is available
at www.xilinx.com.
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