Embedded Magazine

Embedded Solutions for Programmable Processing Designs
Issue 3: Endless Possibilities

Welcome

• Endless Possibilities
  Editorial by Mark Aaldering, Vice President Embedded Processing & IP Divisions.

Articles

• New EDK 8.1 Simplifies Embedded Design
  Platform Studio enhancements streamline processor system development.
• Change is Good
  Hardware designers and software designers can’t often agree, but there is a middle ground that both might enjoy.
• Implementing Floating-Point DSP
  Using PicoBlaze™ processors for high-performance, power-efficient, floating-point DSP.
• ESL Tools for FPGAs
  Empowering software developers to design with programmable hardware.
• Algorithmic Acceleration Through Automated Generation of FPGA Coprocessors
  C-to-FPGA design methods allow rapid creation of hardware-accelerated embedded systems.
• Generating Efficient Board Support Packages
  The Xilinx Platform Studio toolset enables quick and easy BSP generation for Virtex™ FPGAs with immersed PowerPC™ processors.
• Bringing Floating Point Math to the Masses
  Xilinx makes high-performance floating-point processing available to a wider range of applications.
• Packet Subsystem on a Chip
  Teja’s packet-engine technology integrates all of the key aspects of a flexible packet processor.
• Accelerating FFTs in Hardware Using a MicroBlaze Processor
  A simple FFT, generated as hardware from C language, illustrates how quickly a software concept can be taken to hardware and how little you need to know about FPGAs to use them for application acceleration.
• Eliminating Data Corruption in Embedded Systems
  SiliconSystems’ patented PowerArmor technology eliminates unscheduled system downtime caused by power disturbances.
• Boost Your Processor-Based Performance with ESL Tools
  Shorten design cycles and lower costs while increasing performance for Xilinx FPGAs using Poseidon’s breakthrough ESL technology.

Customer Success

• Unveiling Nova
  Using a single Virtex-II Pro FPGA to create a reprogrammable video switching system.

Webcasts

• Implementing a Lightweight Web Server Using PowerPC and Tri-Mode Ethernet MAC in Virtex-4 FX FPGAs
  Using Ethernet, you can connect your device to the Internet, monitoring and controlling it remotely.

Boards

• Development Kits Accelerate Embedded Design
  A single Virtex-4 FX12 Development Kit supports both PowerPC and MicroBlaze™ processor design.

Products

• MicroBlaze
  The Low-Cost and Flexible Processing Solution