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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AVNET AND XILINX DELIVER LOW-COST SERIAL I/O
DESIGN KIT
FOR INDUSTRY-LEADING VIRTEX-II PRO FPGAS
Entry-level design kit includes hardware, hands-on training
and reference designs based on the Xilinx Aurora open protocol
PHOENIX, Ariz. and SAN JOSE, Calif., November 25, 2003 - Avnet
Cilicon and Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced a new multi-gigabit
serial I/O design kit. The kit includes hardware, tools and reference
designs based on the industry-leading Xilinx Aurora open protocol
to enable designers to easily adopt the high-speed serial I/O technology
of the Virtex-II Pro family. The kit is immediately available at
a special introductory price of $499. As part of the design kit
rollout, Avnet will offer a hands-on workshop to provide customers
with an introduction to high-speed serial designs.
"The new design kit and hands-on workshopS will allow customers
to easily take advantage of the high-speed serial transceivers in
the Virtex-II Pro family," said Per Holmberg, director of Virtex
Solutions Marketing at Xilinx. "Customers are interested in
low cost, entry-level solutions and training to realize the low
system cost and performance benefits afforded by serial I/O technology."
About the Design Kit
The kit features a hardware evaluation board with a Virtex-II Pro
(2VP7) device and a host of functions including: 64MB of DDR SDRAM,
eight 3.125 Gbps Xilinx multi-gigabit serial transceivers, thirty
LVDS pairs, four 7-segment displays, one RS-232 port, and two 140-pin
AvBus expansion connectors. The board seamlessly connects with other
Avnet Avenue processor, audio, video, networking and memory boards.
Additionally, the kit includes a variety of Aurora reference designs,
schematics and layout files, documentation, and application notes
to help designers accelerate overall design time.
"Avnet Cilicon is pleased to announce the introduction of this
new design kit and its use in our upcoming Avnet SpeedWay Design
Workshop series," said Jim Schaeffer, senior vice president
of Avnet Design Services. "The Avnet SpeedWay Design workshops
will each target specific new applications, technologies and tools
and will feature real-world hands-on design examples using Avnet
Avenue hardware developed by Avnet Design Services. During these
workshops our FAEs have enough time to dig into the details of an
application or technology and share the knowledge we acquire doing
real designs so our customers can directly benefit from our experience."
High Speed, Avnet SpeedWay Design Workshop
The Avnet Cilicon Speed-way workshop will provide customers with
an introduction to high-speed serial I/O design. The workshop will
include a hands-on design example using the Xilinx Aurora open protocol,
allowing students to design, compile, download and test multi-channel
3.125 Gbps applications. Complete information on the workshop schedule,
locations, and featured laboratory classes are available on the
web at www.em.avnet.com/avnetspeedway.
Customers attending Avnet's workshop will receive a coupon for 10%
off the Xilinx two-day Designing with Multi-Gigabit Serial I/O course.
Xilinx offers this intermediate level course with content that complements
Avnet's workshop. Within the course, customers learn how to utilize
the features of the Virtex-II Pro RocketIO transceiver blocks, such
as CRC, 8b/10b encoding, channel bonding, clock correction, and
comma detection. Additional topics include debugging techniques,
use of the Architecture Wizard, synthesis and implementation considerations,
and standards compliance. For a complete information on the Xilinx
Education Services course, visit www.xilinx.com/education.
Pricing and Availability
The design kit is available now through local Avnet Cilicon sales
offices or over the web. The kit can be ordered as Avnet Design
Services part number ADS-XLX-P2A-DK for $499. For complete information
about the design kit or other Avnet Avenue kits, visit www.avnetavenue.com.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
About Avnet Electronics Marketing
Avnet Electronics Marketing is the largest operating group of
Phoenix-based Avnet Inc. (NYSE:AVT), a Fortune 500 company with
fiscal 2003 sales of $9 billion, and one of the world's largest
technology marketing, distribution and services companies. Avnet
Electronics Marketing, Americas (EMA) serves electronic original
equipment manufacturers (EOEMs) and electronic manufacturing services
(EMS) providers in North America and Brazil through three focused
business divisions, distributing electronic components from leading
manufacturers and providing associated services. Avnet Cilicon
focuses solely on semiconductors with dedicated channels to specific
end-market segments; Avnet IP&E is the leading interconnect,
passive and electromechanical components specialist; and Avnet
Supply Chain Services provides end-to-end supply chain optimization
programs. The company's Web site is located at www.em.avnet.com.
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