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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX RANKS #1 IN FPGA EMBEDDED SOLUTIONS
Latest CMP Media embedded survey reaffirms lead
in soft processor cores
with comprehensive portfolio of programmable logic solutions
SAN JOSE, Calif., August 10, 2004 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:
XLNX) today reported independent survey results clearly establishing
the Xilinx suite of embedded soft processors as the solution of
choice for FPGA designs. Xilinx placed first overall in FPGA solutions
with 25 percent of the respondents indicating that they have purchased
or used Xilinx architectures in the last 12 months and ranked in
the top ten among chip architecture vendors. Approximately 50 percent
of the respondents who use hard or soft processors will consider
using Xilinx solutions in the next 12 months.
The 2004 Embedded Market Study sponsored by CMP Media reflects a
total of 2044 respondents and covers an exhaustive list of embedded
processors. The Web-based questionnaire was developed jointly by
CMP Media (Embedded Systems Programming, Electronic Engineering
Times, Embedded Systems Conferences, Embedded Systems Europe, and
Dr. Dobb's Journal) and Wilson Research Group. More information
about the CMP survey is available by emailing Eric Berg at eberg@cmp.com.
"The acknowledgment and adoption of our soft and hard RISC
cores is a testament to the vast array of applications in the embedded
processing arena that we cover," said Rich Sevcik, executive
vice president at Xilinx. "The combination of our familiar
MicroBlaze and PicoBlaze cores, coupled with a complete development
environment, has enabled our soft processor solutions to gain the
leadership position in FPGA embedded processing."
Embedded Leadership
Competing with non-FPGA vendors, Xilinx placed in the top ten with
its chip architectures ranking just behind Intel, Motorola and others.
When polled on potential consideration over the next 12 months,
Xilinx again placed first among FPGA vendors and in the top ten
of all chip architecture vendors with over one third of the respondents
considering Xilinx solutions.
In the FPGA hard processing category, Xilinx offers the 32-bit PowerPC
CPU immersed in the Virtex-II Pro FPGAs. For embedded FPGA designs,
respondents that have used the hard PowerPC core in the last 12
months came in at 24.7 percent. When asked whether considering use
of the hard PowerPC in the next 12 months, the response doubled
with 49.8 percent indicating that they would consider using PowerPC
in their FPGA design.
For 32-bit soft processing requirements, almost 4 percent of the
respondents indicated that they have purchased or used the Xilinx
MicroBlaze core in the last 12 months. When polled on potential
consideration over the next 12 months, considered use almost triples
to about 10 percent.
For the 8-bit category, 2.7 percent of the respondents identified
the PicoBlaze core as being used over the last 12 months with over
10 percent considering it in the next 12 months.
Xilinx Complete Processor Solution Offering
The Xilinx range of processor solutions and silicon enables embedded
system designers to select the optimum performance and price points
for their embedded processing needs. Offering the highest processor
performance in any FPGA device, the industry standard PowerPC 32-bit
core is immersed (hard) in the Virtex-II Pro family of FPGAs. The
Xilinx MicroBlaze 32-bit soft core is a configurable, general-purpose
RISC processor that can be used with both the Spartan and Virtex
family of FPGAs depending on cost and performance requirements.
Targeting the most cost-effective applications is the Xilinx PicoBlaze
8-bit microcontroller that can be used with the FPGA family as well
as with Xilinx CoolRunner CPLDs.
To rapidly configure embedded processor solutions, Xilinx provides
a common, fully integrated hardware and software development environment
with the Platform Studio IDE. The Platform Studio environment enables
both hardware and software designers to develop platforms targeting
PowerPC hard processors or Xilinx MicroBlaze soft processor cores
using a single design environment. The common design environment,
bus structure and peripherals allow designers to easily select the
best processor and peripherals for their application needs without
extensive engineering rework or additional learning curve. The complete
system environment provides an extensive library of peripherals
(intellectual property cores), reference designs, development boards,
internal and third party tools, and the most widely used operating
systems.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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