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What’s Both High and Low, and Used Everywhere...?
This issue of the Xcell Journal focuses on high-volume, low-cost consumer applications and the
design tools used to implement them.
Business Viewpoints
Our Business Viewpoints column offers an independent business perspective by Rich
Wawrzyniak, Senior Analyst, ASICs Services for Semico Research Corporation. His article,
“Changing the Systems Landscape with Low-Cost FPGAs,” discusses how advanced processing
technology is driving down the costs of FPGAs and changing the ASSP/ASIC crossover point.
High-Volume Solutions
Approximately one year ago Xilinx® engineers were asked to develop the lowest cost, highest density
FPGA family on the market. This section features articles using the new Spartan™-3E devices in
several high-volume applications. Their low cost makes these devices successful in applications
previously reserved for ASIC and gate-array technologies.
Industry Expert
In “Extend Your Reach,” well-known signal integrity expert Howard Johnson discusses the
Virtex™-4 RocketIO™ transceiver, which incorporates three forms of equalization to stretch the
reach and performance of serial links.
Design Tools
Software support for the Spartan-3E family is available with the newly announced ISE™ 7.1i
tools. This section has articles from Xilinx and some of its partners describing the use of their
design tools to implement a complete solution.
Board Room
The Board Room section describes some of the Spartan-3 hardware development boards and other
design solutions to help you determine which platform is best for your application and design task.
Power Play
The new Power Play section features technical descriptions of our partners’ power solutions. In
Steve Sharp’s lead article, “Conquering the Three Challenges of Power Consumption,” he writes,
“To conquer the key challenges of power consumption, it takes a combination of good product
design, proper device technology, and tools that let you take control of system power management.”
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