System ACE Solutions

Xilinx developed the System Advanced Configuration Environment (System ACE™) to address the need for a space-efficient, pre-engineered, high-density configuration solution for systems with multiple FPGAs.

CompactFlash cards can be re-formatted and re-imaged to easily convey new or upgraded information to the embedded PowerPC® processors within Virtex™-II Pro and Virtex-4 FPGAs on such boards as the ML310, ML410, ML421, and others. This guide is a step-by-step tutorial that takes you through the re-imaging procedure.

Design File(s):

• ug252.zip

Discontinue SystemACE MPM (Multi-Package Module) Product Family

Xilinx is changing from a 6 dot HIC to a 3 dot HIC to comply with industry standard dry packing requirements, JEDEC standard J-STD-033.

Xilinx is discontinuing the standard (non Pb-free) System ACE Controller integrated circuit (part number XCCACE-TQ144I) as our supplier is no longer manufacturing this device.

Xilinx is implementing a Warehouse Management System (WMS) in its internal warehouses worldwide. As a result, a license plate number (LPN), which is a unique tracking number, will now appear on labels beginning in August 2007. There are no changes to the form, fit, or function of the product.

The purpose of this notice is to inform Xilinx Platform Flash PROM users of a change in the composition of the solder balls for the Pb-free 48TFBGA (FSG48) packages.

To inform customers of a change to the Humidity Indicator Card (HIC). There is no change to the form, fit, or function.

Due to low volumes and limited extended supplier support, Xilinx has identified the SystemACE® product line for obsolescence.

This application note discusses the configuration and programming options for Xilinx Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD), Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), and PROM families and demonstrates some of the most popular configuration methods used for each family. This document includes configuration quick start guidelines for the Virtex™, Spartan™, XPLA3, XC9500, and XC18V00 families.

Design File(s):

• IPC-1752 Form

Design File(s):

• IPC-1752 Form

This document provides a brief description of the Xilinx bitstream compression algorithm based on the LZ77 scheme. FPGA configuration files can be compressed by Xilinx-developed software to reduce memory storage requirements. Compressed configuration files can be stored in a high-density System ACE MPM FPGA configuration controller. The System ACE MPM controller decompresses the files and shifts the original configuration data to the target FPGAs.

The System ACE™ (Advanced Configuration Environment) CompactFlash configuration solution is designed to meet the growing need for flexible, high-density storage and configuration control.