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Xilinx Press Release # 0522

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

XILINX AT EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE SAN FRANCISCO AND MICROPROCESSOR SUMMIT

What: Xilinx Showcases Embedded Processing Solutions at ESC San Francisco
Where: Moscone Center, San Francisco, Calif., Booth #1525
When: March 6 - March 10, 20
Exhibits: Tuesday, March 8: 1:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m
Wednesday, March 9: 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 10: 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

SAN JOSE, Calif., February 10, 2005 - Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced that the latest advancements in embedded processing development will be showcased at the Embedded Systems Conference to be held on March 6 through March 10, 2005 in San Francisco, Calif.

Xilinx will host a series of 90-minute technical workshops, in addition to in-booth theatre presentations and product demonstrations highlighting innovative embedded system and DSP applications. Industry experts from Xilinx have been tapped to present numerous technical papers as part of the ESC Technical Program, including the new Easy Paths to Silicon Design Seminar.

Xilinx will also be among featured presenters at the Microprocessor Summit, an event to be held for the first time this year with ESC San Francisco on March 7th at the Argent Hotel.

Xilinx Hands-On Workshops
For complete descriptions and to pre-register for these FREE in-depth workshops, visit:
http://www.xilinx.com/events/tradeshows/esc_sf05/workshop.htm

Implementing a Virtex -4 FX PowerPC System with Floating Point Co-Processor using Platform Studio Suite
Location: Room 256 Tues., 3/8: 10:00am - 11:30am
2:00pm - 3:30pm
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Accelerating an IDCT Software Application using the Configurable MicroBlaze 32-bit RISC Processor
Location: Room 256 Wed., 3/9: 10:00am - 11:30 am
2:00pm - 3:30pm
4:00pm - 5:30pm
High Performance DSP on an FPGA Made Easy
Location: Room 256 Thur., 3/10 9:00am - 10:30 am
11:00am - 12:30pm
1:00pm - 2:30pm

In-Booth Theatre Presentations Every 30 Minutes

  • A Complete Spectrum of Programmable Processing Solutions

  • Boot A Live Embedded System in Just 15 Minutes

  • Breakthrough Performance with Virtex-4 Platform FPGAs

  • Eclipse-based Hardware/Software Debug

  • Breakthrough DSP Performance at the Lowest Cost

Product Demonstrations in Xilinx Booth #1525

  • Intelligent Tools Accelerate Development
    Create embedded hardware/software/IP system and boot real-time operating system with Xilinx Platform Studio suite. Accelerate embedded processing development for programmable systems via the IDE, as well as powerful design wizards, BSP and application code generators.

  • Low Cost & Flexible Processing
    New Spartan -3 SP305 board implements complex embedded motor control using the MicroBlaze soft 32-bit processor, a Floating Point Unit, PID control loops, PWM, DAC and ADC to control both a brushless DC and a 3 Phase AC induction motor. See frequency generator using the PicoBlaze 8-bit processor capable of frequency range up to 640 MHz incremented at 1 Hz.

  • High Performance Processing
    Dual processor system with inter-processor communication implemented using Xilinx ML310 Embedded Development Platform Board with Multi-OS boot (Linux, VxWorks and QNX) and the Xilinx Platform Studio (XPS) tool suite. First processor used as a compute engine utilizing the FPU. Second is host processor managing data flow and I/O.

  • Accelerate Programmable Embedded Platform Performance
    Accelerate system performance with the Virtex-4 FX family of devices using the Auxiliary Processor Unit (APU) controller. Introduces the Xilinx ML403 FX Embedded Development Platform Board. Demonstrates algorithm code acceleration with APU implementation and graphical display of output. Utilizes Xilinx Gigabit System Reference Design with TCP/IP acceleration and Linux eOS.

  • High-Performance DSP Implementation and Embedded Development Kit Integration Using System Generator
    Build DSP microprocessor-based control circuits for high-performance DSP systems with Xilinx System Generator for DSP 6.3 and DSP IP cores. Demonstrates unrivaled design solutions for FPGA-based DSP systems.

Xilinx Technical Conference Papers

  • Virtex-4 FX Platform FPGA Extends PowerPC Instructions
    Microprocessor Summit, Argent Hotel: MPS-900
    Monday, March 7, 9:00am - 10:30am
    Presenter: Dan Isaacs, Director of Embedded Processor Marketing, Advanced Products Division

  • Approaches in FPGA Design
    Easy Paths to Silicon Design Seminar: EPD-664
    Tuesday, March 8, 4:00pm - 5:30pm
    Presenter: Tim Tripp, Advanced System Tools Product Marketing

  • Switching Fabrics at Layers 1 and 2
    Network Systems Design Seminar: NSD-707
    Wednesday, March 9, 8:30am - 10:00am
    Presenter: Hamish Fallside, Senior Manager, Networking Systems Solutions

  • Hardware/Software Codesign for Platform FPGAs
    Embedded Training Program: ETP-423
    Thursday, March 10, 11:15am - 12:45pm
    Presenter: Don Davis, Senior Manager, High Level Tools

  • Software Defined Radio with Reconfigurable Hardware and Software
    Embedded Training Program: ETP-442
    Thursday, March 10, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
    Presenter: Peter Ryser, Embedded Software Systems Engineering Manager

For additional Xilinx ESC show information, visit:
http://www.xilinx.com/events/tradeshows/esc_sf05/index.htm

To register for ESC San Francisco and Microprocessor Summit, visit:
http://www.esconline.com/sf/register

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.

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Editorial contact:
Laurie Stanley
Wired Island for Xilinx Inc
(408) 626-5967
laurie.stanley@xilinx.com
 
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