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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX SHIPS NEW RELEASE OF SYSTEM GENERATOR
FOR DSP DEVELOPMENT TOOL WITH FULL SUPPORT FOR LATEST MATLAB &
SIMULINK SOFTWARE
Productivity-driven enhancements streamline DSP design with industry's
fastest platform FPGAs
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2, 2004 Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today
announced availability of the new version 6.2 release of the Xilinx
System Generator for DSP development tool that fully supports the
MATLAB 7 and Simulink 6 software packages also introduced today
as part of The MathWorks Release 14. Furthering Xilinx's XtremeDSP
initiative, System Generator v6.2 also provides performance and
database enhancements that make it easier for designers to build
sophisticated digital signal processing (DSP) systems with Virtex™-II
Pro and Spartan -3 series FPGAs.
"FPGAs are being used at an increasing rate to implement real-time
signal processing functions because they offer very high performance
and extraordinary flexibility through hardware customization and
reprogrammability," said Ken Karnofsky, marketing director
for Signal Processing and Communications at The MathWorks, Inc.
"Xilinx continues to be the industry innovator in this domain,
and our ongoing collaboration is creating momentum in the DSP marketplace
for both companies, most notably with FPGA-DSP pre-processing and
co-processing applications."
"We are defining the way people think about FPGAs for DSP,
and our new release of System Generator continues to set the standard
for tool performance and productivity," said Jerry Banks, director
of Worldwide DSP Solutions Marketing at Xilinx. "MATLAB and
Simulink are integral components of the Xilinx ecosystem for signal
processing. Supporting the latest software release from MathWorks
is an important link in the system, and we made this a priority
with our v6.2 release."
System Generator for DSP Tool
System Generator automates the design, debug and deployment of FPGA-based
signal processing systems with push-button performance. Systems
architects, DSP engineers, and hardware designers can model complete
DSP systems in an integrated system-level design environment. In
addition to the industry's richest simulation libraries for high
level modeling and automatic code generation, System Generator provides
a high-speed HDL co-simulation interface to the ModelSim simulator
from Model Technologies, Inc.
Other unique capabilities include MATLAB m-code compilation, fast
system-level resource estimation, and high-speed hardware co-simulation
interfaces, both a generic JTAG interface and PCI-based co-simulation
for FPGA hardware platforms. Used by hundreds of companies worldwide,
System Generator targets a broad range of applications, including
cellular base stations, wireless infrastructure, high-performance
radar, medical imaging, test and measurement equipment, automotive
entertainment and safety systems, security, and industrial factory
automation.
MATLAB & Simulink R14 Compatibility
System Generator for DSP automatically translates a DSP system developed
using MATLAB and Simulink into highly optimized hardware description
models and intellectual property cores for Xilinx FPGAs. Xilinx's
v6.2 release and The MathWorks R14 software, released coincidentally,
together represent the state-of-the-art design technology for FPGA-based
DSP systems.
MATLAB 7, a high-level technical computing language and interactive
environment for analyzing data and developing algorithms, includes
major advancements in the areas of programming and code efficiency,
plotting and visualization, mathematics, data access, and performance.
Simulink is a platform for multi-domain simulation and model-based
design of dynamic. Simulink 6 improves performance, responsiveness,
modeling fidelity, and workflow efficiency when modeling large systems.
Xilinx XtremeDSP Initiative
The Xilinx XtremeDSP initiative represents a major commitment by
Xilinx to address the need for high-performance DSP solutions. The
Xilinx DSP solution comprises unique DSP features in its Virtex-II
and Spartan-3 series FPGAs. These include up to 556 "hard"
18x18 multipliers, over 10 megabits of block and distributed memory,
pre-engineered DSP algorithms, system-level DSP development tools,
and a rapidly growing network of Xilinx AllianceCORE™ and XPERT
partners who provide DSP intellectual property cores and design
services.
Pricing & Availability
The System Generator for DSP v6.2 tool is used with the Integrated
Software Environment (ISE) 6.2i FPGA design suite from Xilinx. It
is shipping today priced at $1,995 if purchased alone. Pricing packages
available when purchased with Xilinx customer training programs.
For more information about System Generator for DSP 6.2 features
and Xilinx's XtremeDSP initiative, http://www.xilinx.com/dsp.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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