INSIGHT ELECTRONICS OFFERS COOLRUNNER-II
DEVELOPMENT KIT: SPEEDS EVALUATION
OF THE XILINX COOLRUNNER-II CPLD FAMILY
Kit Ideal for Applying CPLD Technology
to
High Performance Portable and Battery Powered Systems
SAN DIEGO, January 15, 2002 – Insight
Electronics today introduced a complete solution for
developing designs and applications based on the new
high performance, ultra-low power Xilinx CoolRunner-II
CPLD family. The Insight CoolRunner-II Development
Kit enables experimentation with CoolRunner-II design
concepts, including the investigation of multiple I/O
standards, clock management and security features, and
the measure of CPLD power consumption.
“Releasing our CoolRunner-II Development
Kit in tandem with the Xilinx CoolRunner-II family introduction
continues Insight’s successful development kit introduction
strategy,” said Jim Beneke, director of Technical Marketing
at Insight. “This approach gives designers immediate
access to the devices’ full range of features, allowing
them to verify the ultra-low power and high performance
of Xilinx's second generation Fast Zero Power (FZP) technology
as used in the CoolRunner-II family.”
The Insight kit includes the 64 macrocell,
1.8V CoolRunner-II device; multiple options for power
supply, I/O voltage and clock sources; a JTAG port; 45
user I/Os; a prototype area; a two-digit LCD display;
and two push-button switches. The Xilinx ISE WebPACK contains
appropriate development software and can be downloaded
at no cost from the Xilinx Web site, or is included in
the WebPACK version of the kit.
“Xilinx is pleased to have Insight providing
timely support for our breakthrough CoolRunner-II RealDigital
CPLDs,” stated Steve Sharp, senior. manager of Silicon
Solutions Marketing. “Through this development kit,
users can evaluate the unbeatable combination of high
performance and ultra low power that CoolRunner-II devices
offer.”
Price and Availability
Available for order now, Insight’s CoolRunner-II Development
Kit is priced at $95. For more information on this and
other Xilinx design kits available from Insight, call
888-488-4133, ext. XXX (toll free), or go to www.insight-electronics.com/coolrunner2.
About Insight Electronics
Insight Electronics is a member of The Memec Group, the
world’s leading distributor of proprietary advanced-technology
semiconductors. With 52 divisions in the U.S., Mexico,
Canada and South America, Insight is the largest specialty
semiconductor distributor in North and South America.
Insight focuses its line card on leading semiconductor
companies, enabling their sales team and field application
engineers to devote their time and resources to mastery
of supplier products, processes, and technologies. The
company’s value-added services, design expertise, inventory
management, logistics, and e-business tools ensure that
customers receive the products they need, when and where
they need them. For more information, visit the Insight
Web site at www.insight-electronics.com.
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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