XILINX DELIVERS REVOLUTIONARY CPLD SOLUTION
WITH COOLRUNNER-II FAMILY
New RealDigital CPLDs provide unprecedented performance
and ultra low power without compromise
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SAN JOSE, Calif. – January 14, 2002 – Xilinx,
Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced the immediate availability
of CoolRunner-II RealDigital CPLDs, a new class of CPLDs
with an all-digital core. Offering the best combination
of high performance and ultra low-power without compromise,
CoolRunner-II CPLDs are cost optimized to address the
increasing demands of today’s system designer. Available
in densities ranging from 32 to 512 macrocells, the CoolRunner-II
family achieves performance up to 300 MHz and pin-to-pin
delays as fast as 3.5ns while providing a standby current
of less than 100 micro amp (<100uA) –
an industry first. Additional information is available
at www.xilinx.com/coolrunner2.
“CoolRunner-II CPLDs represent the embodiment
of our vision to provide unprecedented performance and
ultra low-power in a single device,” said Wim Roelandts,
president and CEO at Xilinx. “We designed CoolRunner-II
CPLDs to address the increasing demands of today’s networking,
telecommunications and portable system designers. CoolRunner-II
CPLDs provide the time to market advantages of a programmable
device without the typical price premium normally associated
with low-power devices.”
The
CoolRunner-II second generation Fast Zero Power (FZP)
design technology creates a new class of CPLD that utilizes
a 0.18 micron process and 1.8V core voltage to provide
both high performance and ultra low-power consumption
in a single device. Using the proven FZP all-digital
core, CoolRunner-II devices replace the traditional power-hungry
sense amplifier technology, which has been the architecture
approach for competing CPLD devices until now. The
all-digital core designed with FZP process technology
is the foundation for how CoolRunner-II CPLDs can combine
the advantages of high performance while maintaining their
ultra low-power consumption. The long-term advantage of
this fully digital design is a scalable process that will
allow continued geometry shrinks for future cost optimization,
greater density and performance, and lower power consumption,
far surpassing all competitive devices.
“Until now CPLD suppliers had to sacrifice
low-power to achieve high performance,” said Doug DeVries,
vice president of hardware development at HandEra, a leading
provider of handheld computing devices. “CoolRunner-II
will be the first product in the market to solve this
dichotomy and to do it without a price premium.”
Advanced System Features
Designers of today’s digital products continue to demand
higher performance and greater functional integration
from their semiconductor components. CoolRunner-II
CPLDs meet these demands by providing advanced system
features including advanced programmable I/O capabilities,
superior clock management, unparalleled design security,
and a wide variety of packaging options.
The CoolRunner-II advanced I/O interface
capability fully addresses all aspects of system connectivity
in both low-power consumer product applications and leading
edge telecommunications and networking equipment. The
advanced I/O solution consists of both the physical interface
and the protocols to maximize system interface bandwidth.
CoolRunner-II CPLDs provide unsurpassed
clock management features that enable an easy to implement
total clock management solution. CoolCLOCK clock management
is a combination clock divider and clock doubler that
divides the incoming clock by two and then doubles the
clock at the output level to maintain the same performance
while reducing the internal power consumption.
Due to the vast number of applications in
today’s electronic markets, the need for design security
has never been greater. System designers need the ability
to protect their design codes from very aggressive competitors.
The CoolRunner-II family provides an unprecedented four
levels of design security buried within the layers of
the device and scattered throughout the die to make their
detection virtually impossible.
The CoolRunner-II family boasts a wide range
of packaging options to support a variety of applications.
Designers can choose between packages ranging from small
foot print chip scale packages for portable and space
limited applications, to surface mount packages for cost
sensitive applications, and up to 324-pin BGA packages
for high performance applications.
World Class Software Support
The CoolRunner-II family is fully supported by Xilinx
free ISE WebPACK and WebFITTER internet based design software.
With Xilinx WebPACK software designers get a no cost fully
functional, downloadable desktop solution with HDL and
ABEL synthesis and simulation capability. Xilinx WebFITTER
internet based design software gives designers free CPLD
design fitting tools to evaluate designs using CoolRunner-II
and all Xilinx CPLD families. In addition to free web-based
software, Xilinx offers the 4.1i Integrated Software Environment
(ISE) software tool series. ISE 4.1i is the industry's
most advanced programmable logic development system, including
ProActive Timing Closure technology and integration with
some of the most powerful EDA tools for advanced logic
design.
Pricing and Availability
Initial production of the XC2C64 (64 macrocell) device
began prior to introduction and is immediately available,
with the five other device densities becoming available
over the next two quarters. Second half 2002 pricing
for the XC2C64-VQ44 device is as low as $1.90 in volumes
greater than 100,000 units.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading supplier of complete programmable
logic solutions, including advanced integrated circuits,
software design tools, predefined system functions delivered
as intellectual property cores, and unparalleled field
engineering support. Founded in 1984 and headquartered
in San Jose, Calif., Xilinx invented the field programmable
gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the world
demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable
customers to reduce significantly the time required to
develop products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications,
networking, industrial control, instrumentation, aerospace,
defense, low-power portable and consumer markets. For
more information, visit the Xilinx web site at http://www.xilinx.com.
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