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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEW XILINX DSP CORES PROVIDE LOW COST, SCALABLE
MULTI-CHANNEL SOLUTIONS FOR WIRELESS & CABLE MODEM INFRASTRUCTURE
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 30, 2003 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), today
announced the immediate availability of three new digital signal
processing (DSP) intellectual property (IP) cores; a CDMA2000/3GPP2
Turbo Convolutional Code (TCC) Encoder and Decoder for wireless
infrastructure, and a DOCSIS ITU-T J.83 Annex B Modulator for cable
modem head-end equipment. These new cores, when implemented on the
latest Xilinx SpartanTM-3 and Virtex-II ProTM FPGAs, are designed
to provide the industry's lowest cost FPGA implementations for single
or multi-channel systems. Learn more about these cores at the free
Programmable World 2003 technical workshops by registering at http://www.xilinx.com/events/pw2003/workshop/.
The new cores add to an ever-growing portfolio of Xilinx DSP IP.
The library includes transforms, correlators, modulation/demodulation
functions, filters, arithmetic functions and forward error correction
(FEC) solutions. All of the DSP IP is designed to yield the fastest
and smallest implementations in the FPGA industry. These IP cores
are included within the Xilinx System Generator for DSP, a system
level tool for implementing DSP on FPGAs. A free XtremeDSP Software
Evaluation CD Kit, which includes the System Generator tool, is
available at http://www.xilinx.com/dsp/eval_software.htm.
"Customers have specifically requested FPGA implementations
of these functions," said David Squires, Director of the DSP
Center of Excellence at Xilinx. "They're looking to Xilinx
to provide a scalable, low-cost alternative to higher priced ASSPs
and these new cores meet that expectation."
New CDMA2000/3GPP2 TCC Encoder and Decoder
These new cores are designed for use with existing Xilinx FEC, multi-rate
and matched filter IP, to build solutions for 3G wireless applications.
Key features include:
- Fully compliant with the CDMA2000/3GPP2 specification (Release
C)
- Implement MAX*, MAX_SCALE, and MAX algorithms, allowing tradeoffs
between bit error rate (BER) performance and complexity
- At less than $5* per channel in a Spartan-3 and with performance
of 125 Mbps in a Virtex-II Pro, FPGA implementation enables a
low cost yet scaleable design
- Learn more at http://www.xilinx.com/ipcenter/cdma2000_tcc/index.htm
New DOCSIS ITU-T J.83 Annex B Modulator
The new modulator, initially supporting Annex B, provides a programmable
digital baseband modulator for cable modem head-end equipment in
North America. Implementing this function in an FPGA provides multiple
advantages:
- Unprecedented levels of integration, maximizing the number of
channels per chip
- Less than $3* per channel in a Spartan-3, providing an extremely
low cost solution
- Multi-channel solution with programmable 64 and 256 QAM modulation,
delivering the optimal integration and flexibility for multi-channel
designs in a Virtex-II Pro
- Learn more at http://www.xilinx.com/ipcenter/itu_j83_modulator/index.htm
Price and Availability
All three cores are available today and are downloadable from the
Xilinx web site. The license price for the CDMA2000 TCC encoder
and decoder is $1,000 and $10,000 respectively. The ITU-T J.83 Annex
B Modulator has a license price of $2,000. For complete information
about the new cores, the free XtremeDSP Software Evaluation CD Kit
and the Xilinx XtremeDSP initiative, visit www.xilinx.com/dsp/.
XtremeDSP Initiative
The Xilinx XtremeDSP initiative represents a major commitment by
Xilinx to further establish its leadership as the highest performance,
lowest cost FPGA-based DSP solutions provider. The Xilinx DSP solution
comprises unique DSP features in its 90nm Spartan-3 series FPGAs
such as up to 104 embedded 18x18 multipliers, SRL16 shift register
logic, up to 520 Kb of distributed memory, and up to 1.8 Mbits of
Block RAM. In addition to silicon, the solution also includes pre-engineered
DSP algorithms, system-level DSP development tools such as System
Generator for DSP, customer training classes and support, and a
rapidly growing network of Xilinx AllianceCORE™ and XPERT partners
who provide DSP IP cores and design services.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
*volume pricing for 250K units in 2004
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