I/O Magazine

Connectivity Solutions for Programmable Logic Professionals
Issue 1 : Making Sense of the Complex

Welcome

• Welcome to the Inaugural Edition of the New Xilinx I/O Magazine
  An introduction by Abhijit Athavale, Marketing Manager, Connectivity Solutions, Products and Solutions Marketing, Xilinx, Inc.

Products

• Virtex-4 Breakthrough Performance at Lowest Cost
  Virtex-4 FPGAs deliver what you’ve been looking for.
• Solving the Signal Integrity Challenge
  Virtex-4 RocketIO transceivers bring blazing speed, and the ability to use it.

Markets

• Implementing 70 High-Speed Channels with 9 FPGAs
  Using nine Xilinx XC2VP7 circuits on a data concentrator card greatly reduced costs and PCB design effort and increased board reliability.
• Mesh Fabric Switching with Virtex-II Pro FPGAs
  Implementing mesh fabric architectures has just gotten easier with the Xilinx Mesh Fabric Reference Design and ATCA Development Platform.

Applications

• Designing for Signal Integrity
  You can use the Xilinx/Ansoft 10 Gbps Backplane Design Kit to predict interconnect performance.
• Ten Reasons Why Performing SI Simulations is a Good Idea
  Here are my 10 best reasons why signal integrity engineering is a good idea.
• For Synchronous Signals, Timing is Everything
  Mentor Graphics highlights a proven methodology for implementing pre-layout Tco correction and flight time simulation with Virtex-II and Virtex-II Pro FPGAs.
• Accurate Multi-gigabit Link Simulation with HSPICE
  With a built-in EM solver, coupled transmission lines, S-parameter support, and IBIS I/O buffer models, HSPICE provides a comprehensive multi-gigabit signal integrity simulation solution.
• Eyes Wide Open
  The RocketIO Design Kit for ICX reduces the burden of implementing working multi-gigabit channels.
• A Low-Cost Solution for Debugging MGT Designs
  Choose serial I/O technology for your designs without relying on expensive high-speed lab equipment.
• Backplane Characterization Techniques
  High-bandwidth measurements of backplane differential channels are critically important for all high-speed serial links. Four-port VNA measurements can identify important electrical features and predict backplane performance.
• Tolerance Calculations in Power Distribution Networks
  The impedance gradient of power planes around bypass capacitors depends on the impedance of planes and the loss of bypass capacitor.

White Papers

• A High-Channel-Density, Ultra-High Bandwidth Reference Backplane Designed and Manufactured for 10 Gb/s NRZ Serial Signaling
• Method for Optimizing a 10 Gb/s PCB Signal Launch

Reference

• Platform FPGA System Connectivity Solution