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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
XILINX SOLVES MEMORY INTERFACE DESIGN CHALLENGES
WITH VIRTEX-4 MEMORY DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
Easiest-to-use memory solution with unique ChipSync
source synchronous
circuitry cuts design time and provides industry's highest bandwidth
SAN JOSE, Calif., November 9, 2004 - Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX)
today announced the immediate availability of its ML461 Virtex-4
memory development system, the most flexible and highest bandwidth
memory interface solution in the industry. Enabled by the innovative
Virtex-4 ChipSync™ source synchronous technology, an automated,
intelligent adjustment feature, the solution drastically reduces
design time. The Xilinx ML461 development system includes proven
reference designs, an easy-to-use Memory Interface Generator tool,
and a complete hardware platform to provide designers with the ultimate
design flexibility. Xilinx will showcase its new development system
November 9-10 at the Denali Memcon Conference, Santa Clara Convention
Center, Santa Clara, California.
With the ML461 Virtex-4 memory development system, customers can
now achieve more than twice the bandwidth of any other programmable
solution using the latest memory technology available, including
533Mbps DDR2 SDRAM and 300MHz QDR II SRAM, with bus widths up to
144 bits.
The Virtex-4 ChipSync technology, implemented in every I/O, simplifies
the implementation of memory interfaces by compensating for routing,
process, temperature, and voltage variations that produce skew between
data and clock signals. This unique feature alleviates post-design
adjustments and significantly improves customer design cycle and
system reliability. The Xilinx memory solutions are verified in
hardware using the latest and highest speed grade memory devices
from industry leaders like Samsung and Micron.
"Xilinx Virtex-4 FPGAs provide high bandwidth programmable
interface solutions for our industry-leading QDR II SRAM, DDR2 and
DDR SDRAM memory devices," said I. J. Lee, associate director
of SRAM and MCP Product Marketing at Samsung Semiconductor, a global
leader in semiconductor technology. "With the combination of
Xilinx fully hardware-verified, high performance Virtex-4 solutions
and our memory devices, customers achieve greater design flexibility
and cost savings while reducing time-to-market."
"The Virtex-4 memory interface enables system designers to
implement a flexible, high bandwidth memory system resulting in
robust and very competitive end products," said Mike Black,
product marketing manager at Micron, one of the world's leading
providers of advanced semiconductor solutions. "As a leading
supplier of high-performance memory technologies, such as DDR2 and
RLDRAM® II, Micron is excited to see the Xilinx Virtex-4 memory
interface solutions enter the market."
The Virtex-4 ML461 system includes hardware proven reference designs,
a Memory Interface Generator tool and complete hardware platform.
The Reference Designs provide high design margins to maximize system
performance and reliability by leveraging advanced Virtex-4 features
such as ChipSync, SmartRAM, and Xesium differential clocking. The
designs, available in Verilog and VHDL, use a modular approach to
provide distinct physical layer and controller blocks, enabling
easy migration to other memory devices.
The Memory Interface Generator, a user-friendly software tool, supports
any device/package combination - providing additional flexibility
for system designers looking to easily customize the reference designs.
The hardware platform features four Xilinx Virtex-4 LX25 devices
and interfaces to DDR2, DDR SDRAM, QDR II SRAM, RLDRAM II, and FCRAM
II memory devices. Also included are schematics and gerber files
About Xilinx Virtex-4 Platform FPGAs
Enabled by the revolutionary ASMBL (Advanced Silicon Modular Block)
architecture, Virtex-4 FPGAs deliver more options than any other
FPGA family available today. With more than 100 technical innovations,
the Virtex-4 family consists of 17 devices and three domain-optimized
platforms: Virtex-4 LX FPGAs optimized for logic-intensive designs,
Virtex-4 SX FPGAs optimized for high-performance signal processing,
and Virtex-4 FX FPGAs optimized for high-speed serial connectivity
and embedded processing. A multi-platform approach makes it possible
for customers to select the optimal mix of resources for their application
to achieve the highest functionality and performance at the lowest
cost.
About Xilinx Memory Corner
Memory Corner is a dedicated web portal for Xilinx and its partners
to contribute and post new memory solutions. The website provides
free, hardware proven memory interface Reference Designs for a wide
range of memory types interfacing to Xilinx FPGAs and a complete
overview of various memory interface solutions in the form of application
notes and tutorials to help simplify the memory selection process.
Memory interface solutions including DDR2, DDR SDRAM, QDR II SRAM,
RLDRAM II, and FCRAM memory interfaces are available. For more information
on Xilinx memory solutions, visit the Xilinx Virtex-4 web site at
www.xilinx.com/virtex4.
Pricing and Availability
The Xilinx ML461 Memory Development System is available immediately
at USD $5,995. Reference Designs and the Memory Interface Generator
can also be downloaded for free from the Xilinx Memory Corner.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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